A HIGH-RANKING leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front declared on Monday that the seven men killed in a law enforcement operation last Sunday in Datu Paglas town, Maguindanao del Sur were members of the MILF.

Mohagher Iqbal, MILF Peace Implementing Panel chairman, said those killed were legitimate MILF members, refuting the claims of the military that they were members of the Islamic State-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.

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