SunStar + January 24, 2021 A SPECIAL Action Force (SAF) trooper and 12 armed men were killed in a firefight during a police operation against a former barangay captain in Sultan Kudarat before dawn Saturday, January 23, 2021. Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Debold Sinas identified the fallen SAF policeman as Staff Sergeant Elenel Pido. He was among the police and military personnel who clashed with the armed followers of Datu Pendatun Talusan, a former barangay chairman of Barangay Limbo, at around 3 a.m. of January 23. “I extend the deepest sympathy of the PNP to his orphaned family whom we assure of all the benefits and support,” Sinas said in a statement.