THE ambush that killed five police officers over the weekend is more than just another outbreak of violence in the Bangsamoro region; it is a stark indictment of the near collapse of the post-conflict normalization process, a civilian monitoring group said.
The attack on the night of March 28 in Barangay Mother Poblacion — which also left three officers wounded — was the latest in a surge of vertical violence targeting state security forces in the first quarter of year, according to the Community Continuity and Adaptation Alliance (CCAA).
While authorities are still investigating whether the perpetrators were private armed groups…