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Another MNLF fighter's body recovered in Zambo City

Dennis Carcamo - The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines - Authorities have recovered another body of an alleged follower of Moro National Liberation Front founding chairman Nur Misuari in a shallow grave in one of barangays recently occupied by the Muslim rebels in Zamboanga City, police said on Friday.

Zamboanga City police said a local task force found a suspected MNLF fighter Thursday around 11 a.m. in a shallow grave at Ayer Village, Brgy. Sta. Barbara.
 
Police said the cadaver, which was about 5' 6" in height, was buried a foot deep beside a house owned by Jul Hassan Halil.
 
The cadaver wore an MNLF uniform with a name cloth bearing "S.Nur" and "Basilan Task Force."
 
Law enforcers brought the cadaver to Villa Funeral Homes.  
 
Scene of the Crime Operation personnel Regional Crime Laboratory Office 9 was requested to process the cadaver and conduct post mortem examination. 
 
Last Sept. 9, a dozens of MNLF fighters went to Zamboanga City and occupied at least five villages, starting a 24-day standoff with government security forces.
 
During the clearing operations, government troops retrieved several bodies from the scenes of the skirmishes, which killed numerous people, including five policemen.

AYER VILLAGE

BASILAN TASK FORCE

JUL HASSAN HALIL

LAST SEPT

MORO NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT

NUR MISUARI

REGIONAL CRIME LABORATORY OFFICE

SCENE OF THE CRIME OPERATION

ZAMBOANGA CITY

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