Interior Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. and Philippine National Police (PNP) chief General Rodolfo Azurin Jr. gave awards Wednesday to three police officers who were wounded in an ambush in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao.
The police officers sustained injuries as a result of a firefight when they engaged their attackers in Barangay Kapinpilan, Ampatuan, Maguindanao on Tuesday.
Accompanied by local officials, Abalos and Azurin arrived in Maguindanao to discuss with police, military, and local officials about the situation in Maguindanao, led by Governor Bai Mariam Sangki Mangudadatu.
The officials conferred the Medalya ng Kadakilaan at Medalya ng Sugatang Magiting Police on Senior Master Sgt. Reynante Quinalayo, and Corporals Rogelio Dela Cuesta and Marc Clint Dayaday who are confined in a hospital in Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat.
“Thank you very much for your heroism. You should be emulated for the heroism you have shown,” Abalos said.
Killed in the ambush were Lt. Reynaldo Samson, town police chief; and Corporal Salipudin Endab, his aide-driver.
State security forces in the province are now on the trail of the perpetrators, believed to be members of the Daesh-inspired Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.
Source: Philippines News Agency
