Two government soldiers, including an Army major, were killed while four others were wounded when ambushed by suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits in Al Barka town in Basilan on Monday afternoon.
Four people were killed, including an Army officer, in a clash between government soldiers and members of Abu Sayyaf Group in Al Barka in Basilan Monday afternoon, the military said in a report Tuesday.
A military officer was killed while four soldiers were wounded in an ambush by suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits in Al Barka town in Basilan on Monday afternoon.
The transfer of at least 50 suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits from Basilan to a jail facility here is a “security nightmare,” said a police official here.
The government will not admit it, but the country is in a state of belligerency where rebels control certain areas and the government leaves them alone.
Unbelievably, a 52-year-old Jolo businessman has again been abducted by suspected Abu Sayyaf terrorists
The military is verifying reports that Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon was injured in Monday’s encounter with government troops in Basilan.
Six suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits were killed while three government soldiers were wounded in two separate encounters in Tipo-Tipo, Basilan on Monday morning, the military said.
Australian Warren Rodwell, who was freed by the Abu Sayyaf Group last month, went to the Department of Justice (DoJ) Monday and submitted an affidavit for purposes of investigation.
A suspected Abu Sayyaf Group member tagged in the 2001 kidnapping and massacre case in Lamitan, Basilan was arrested Friday in Zamboanga City, a Philippine National Police official said.
Police said the Abu Sayyaf has released a Filipino hostage but there is no word on the fate of six foreign captives.
Philippine police say al-Qaida-linked militants have released a Filipino hostage but there is no word on the fate of six foreign captives.
Moro National Liberation Front chairman Nur Misuari said hundreds of his armed fighters will continue efforts to free foreign hostages held by al-Qaeda-linked gunmen in Mindanao despite a clash last week that killed scores of combatants from both sides.
