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Soldiers pray for casualties of Mamasapano clash

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Arianne Apatan, ABS-CBN News

MAGUINDANAO -- Soldiers on Sunday offered prayers for the over 60 people killed in the Mamasapano clash last January 25.MGen. Edmundo Pangilinan of the 6th Infantry Division led the offering of Muslim and Christian prayers at the encounter site in Tukanalipao, Mamasapano in this province.Flower petals were also spread in the river beside the site where the police Special Action Force clashed with the Moro Islamic National Front and other Moro fighters.&quot;Inaalala natin &#x27;yung mga kaluluwa nila. Bagama&#x27;t nakakalungkot iyung nangyari, nagpapatuloy pa rin yung ating peace effort sa lugar, dito sa probinsya&quot; Pangilinan said.The Mamasapano encounter left dead 44 members of the police Special Action Force, 17 Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) combatants and three civilians<div>A year after the tragedy </div>Construction projects for a steel bridge, concrete roads and a mosque poured in Tukanalipao after encounter.But as the remote barangay becomes the beneficiary of various development projects, families of the victims of the encounter continue to demand justice.Rogaya Ambilang, whose brother was among the civilians slain in the carnage, shared that she has accepted the fate of her brother Mohammad but cannot help being emotional at times.&quot;Noong nakaraang gabi lang, napanaginipan siya ng nanay ko na malungkot daw. Hindi nagsasalita pero malungkot. Wala kaming ginusto kundi magkaroon ng hustisya&quot; Ambilang said.Some residents also observed that despite government aid, life seems more difficult after the encounter.Among them is Babo Monera, the owner of the store where SAF troopers on the dawn of last January 25.&quot;May mga naibigay na tulong pero mas naging mahirap &#x27;yung buhay ko. Iyung tindahan ko, hindi na napalitan yun. Iyun na iyung mga paninda ko na inubos ng SAF&quot; Monera said.Monera added that the incident remains fresh in her mind and that all she desires is to live again in peace.The Senate committee on public order will open its investigation of the Mamasapano encounter on Wednesday, January 27. This is at the initiative of Senator Juan Ponce Enrile who claimed of new evidence of President Aquino III&#x27;s direct link to the bungled operation.In its partial report released in March 2015, the Senate panel has said Aquino was &quot;ultimately responsible&quot; for the botched mission to neutralize Malaysian bomb maker Zulkifli bin Hir alias Marwan and his Filipino cohort Basit Usman. -- With a report from Dennis Datu, dzMM

Soldiers on Sunday offered prayers for over 60 people killed in the Mamasapano clash last January 25.

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Soldiers pray for casualties of Mamasapano clash

Arianne Apatan,

ABS-CBN News

Published Jan 24, 2016 05:35 PM PHT

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Updated Jan 24, 2016 06:14 PM PHT

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