By JONG CADION
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (Nov.
14, 2018) – Another
young Maute/ISIS fighter surrendered to 49th Infantry “Good Samaritan”
Battalion of the Joint Task Force Ranao in Butig, Lanao del Sur Tuesday
(November 13, 2018), military official said.
Capt.
Clint Antipala,
Division Public Affairs Office (DPAO) OIC Chief identified the young fighter as
Alias AJ, 15 years old, was recruited by his cousins, the Maute brothers in
Butig last 2014.
Antipala
said that AJ was trained with 12 other members and one of them already
surrendered to 49IB on October 29, 2018.
“Nine years
old was their youngest recruit and most of them were involved in armed
engagement with government forces in the month of February and November of
2016,” Army’s 49th Infantry Battalion Commander Lt. Col Edgar Allan Villanueva said.
Custodial
debriefing is still on-going as of this posting.
Army’s
Premier Division Chief Maj. Gen. Roseller Murillo, Joint Task Force Zampelan
(Zamboanga Peninsula and Lanao Provinces) commander, commended the efforts of
troops that facilitated the young fighter to surrender.
“We are
glad to hear that AJ decided to surrender and this is the best chance for him
to return to mainstream society and achieve his aspiration,” Maj.Gen. Murillo
said.
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