A pregnant widow of a slain fighter of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front also wants answers and explanations on the Mamasapano clash that led to the death of her husband.
Rakhma Dagadas is the wife of Omar, one of the 18 members of the MILF 105th Base Command killed in the firefight against SAF commandoes on Jan. 25.
“Pareho rin kaming nawalan ng anak o asawa. Kaming lahat na namatayan ng asawa, nasasaktan din. Hindi lang sila, pati kami rin dito,” Dagadas said in a report on 24 Oras on Monday.
Dagadas is five months pregnant with their third child and first son.
“Hindi ko mapigilang umiyak ngayong naiisip ko lahat ng sinasabi nila. Excited siya kasi may anak na siya na lalaki kasi babae ‘yung anak namin na dalawa,” she added.
MILF fighter’s story
One of the MILF survivors said that they tried to follow the ceasefire agreement.
From their houses near the highway, the MILF retreated and tried to cross the wooden bridge to the cornfield to avoid any firefight. But they didn’t know PNP-SAF members were already on the other side of the bridge.
The MILF fighter who was speaking in his native tongue said that two of their men got shot while crossing the bridge, one of them was Omar.
“‘Yung unang barilan nila, madilim…. at hindi nila alam na ang kanilang kaaway pala ay sundalo o ‘di kaya’y SAF,” a translator relayed.
