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COTABATO CITY — Attacks against Philippine Army forces and installations in the Maguindanao provinces in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) continue as the region prepares for the historic Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections (BPE) on September 14.

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On Sunday night, unidentified men placed an improvised explosive device near the Truck Armored Vehicle (TAV) of the 1st Mechanized Infantry Battalion assigned to the Army’s 34th Infantry Battalion detachment in Barangay Linantangan, Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao del Sur.