Durante el Ramadán, cuatro soldados filipinos fueron emboscados y asesinados en Maguindanao del Sur por diez militantes sospechosos de pertenecer al grupo DI. During Ramadan, four Filipino soldiers were ambushed and killed in Maguindanao del Sur by ten militants suspected of belonging to the DI group.

El 17 de marzo, cuatro soldados filipinos murieron en una emboscada en la provincia de Maguindanao del Sur, en el sur de Filipinas. On March 17, four Filipino soldiers were killed in an ambush in Maguindanao del Sur province, in the southern Philippines. Los soldados, vestidos de civil, conducían un coche civil para comprar suministros cuando fueron emboscados por diez militantes armados con fusiles M16 y M14. The soldiers, dressed in civilian clothes, were driving a civilian car to buy supplies when they were ambushed by ten militants armed with M16 and M14 rifles. Se sospecha que el grupo armado Dawlah Islamiya (DI), que ha cometido numerosas atrocidades en Mindanao, ha llevado a cabo el ataque del Ramadán. The Dawlah Islamiya (DI) armed group, which has committed numerous atrocities in Mindanao, is suspected of carrying out the Ramadan attack.