Police Officer 3 Carlos Bocaig. (Photo from Sardines Ang Favorite [SAF] Facebook page)
A survivor of the bloody Mamasapano incident was one of the two policemen killed in the grenade explosion in La Paz town, Abra province before dawn Thursday.
Police Officer 3 Carlos Bocaig, incidentally, was killed on the same day the ill-fated 鈥淥plan Exodus鈥� happened three years ago.
Oplan Exodus was a delicate operation of the elite police group Special Action Force (SAF) against Malaysian terrorist and bomb expert Zulkifli Bin Hir, alias 鈥淢arwan鈥�, in Mamasapano, Maguindanao in 2015.
Another Mamasapano survivor told 黑料社 that Bocaig was a gunner in the 13-man assault team that attacked Marwan鈥檚 hut in Barangay (village) Pidsandawan.
The survivor, who declined to be identified, described Bocaig as a 鈥渨arrior.鈥� Bocaig was a former member of the SAF鈥檚 seaborne unit.
鈥淓ven after surviving the battle in Mamasapano, he still volunteered to join combat operations,鈥� the police officer said in Filipino.
Bocaig and another policeman were killed while securing VIPs at a town fiesta in Abra province.
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At least 10 others were wounded in the blast, among them Rep. Joseph Bernos and La Paz Mayor Menchie Bernos.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 /kga