The Philippine Marine Corps awarded military honors to one of the comrades on Wednesday morning. They disappeared while fighting the Maut terrorists in Malawi and were later found dead.
Bahrain, along with the late Lieutenant John Frederick Savelano and the late Lieutenant Raymond Abad, was a member of the Marine Corps Landing 7 Team, the latter on June 9, 2017 Encountered a large number of Maute members under the leadership of Abdullah Maut and Isnilon Hapilon.
According to the survivors, when Bahrain fell into the Argus River near the Brgy Mapandi Bridge, their platoon was dealing with the enemy. Daguduban, Malawi City.
His colleagues tried to get him out of the water, but failed due to strong currents and hail from cannons.
On August 3, 2017, MBLT7 received a text message from a senior police officer in Malawi about the recovery of an unidentified body in the late stage of decomposition near Barangay Rurog Agus in Malawi.
The corpse was wearing pants, an olive-colored single-handed shirt, a tactical belt, a black pouch and a wooden bead bracelet with the “Kamay ni Jesus” mark.
The battalion in Bahrain coordinated with the Philippine National Police-crime operator scene and body, and was taken to the Carbin Fun Museum in Iligan for forensic examination and DNA identification.
On November 12, 2017, the PNP Crime Laboratory obtained DNA samples from siblings in Bahrain to cross-match with DNA obtained from unidentified corpses.
The results were released on December 4, 2017, and it was found that the unidentified body belonged to a Bahraini.
With the recovery of the Bahraini remains, the number of government troops killed in the operation increased to 168.
As of October 17, a total of 974 Maute members and 47 civilians had been killed. A total of 1,770 civilians were rescued and 846 guns were recovered. — MDM, GMA News