Sixth Infantry Division, Philippine Army Spokesman Colonel Dickson Hermoso said that while the military were doing their patrol rounds in Barangay Mustafa, Maguindanao, they were shot at by the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters. The military retaliated causing the armed group to retreat. The military recovered high-caliber weapons left by the rebels. There were no injuries on the part of the military who are now in hot pursuit of the BIFF.