Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 24) — Government forces on Saturday clashed with armed men in Maimbung, Sulu as they served search and arrest warrants against the town’s former vice mayor, Pando Mudjasan.
Mudjasan is wanted for murder, as well as illegal possession of firearms and explosives.
He is also a leader of the separatist Moro National Liberation Front, according to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Mindanao Command.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said the firefight erupted when troops approached Mudjasan’s home in Barangay Bualo Lipid at around 7:30 a.m.
Citing the PNP, the AFP Public Affairs Office (AFP-PAO) said Mudjasan remains at large.
It added that one police officer was killed while 10 other policemen, a soldier, and two civilians were wounded in the shooting.
It ended at approximately 6 p.m.
