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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 or...

(Jun Ryan Arañas / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Based on a report from the Crime Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), a joint operation to serve warrants of arrest and a search warrants against the group of a former barangay chairman in Barangay Limbo in Sultan Kudarat, Datu Pendatun Kato Talusan was carried out around 4:00 am Saturday. The warrants were for several charges, including double frustrated robbery with homicide, and carnapping. The police said upon their arrival to serve the warrants, the suspects opened fire at the government authorities, triggering a gun battle that laste...