Two Abu Sayyaf militants were killed in a clash Wednesday with military forces in Sulu, one of 5 provinces under the Muslim autonomous region in
Officials said 3 militants and a government soldier were
also wounded in the fighting in Pugad Manaul village in Panamao town. The slain
Abu Sayyaf fighters were followers of Alhabsy Misaya, one of the group’s
sub-leader tagged as behind ransom kidnappings in Sabah , Malaysia
Major Filemon Tan, a spokesman for the Western Mindanao
Command, said soldiers from the 35th and 10th Infantry
Battalions clashed with the Abu Sayyaf, but it was unknown whether Misaya was
fighting alongside the slain militants.
He said air force planes provided support to ground troops
who were fighting the militants, whose group is being linked by authorities to
the Islamic State. Misaya’s group, the military said, is holding Malaysian and
Indonesian hostages.
The fighting came a day after suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen
snatched a Malaysian fisherman in Sabah .
Malaysian authorities have confirmed the abduction and said the gunmen sped off
in a boat that headed to Tawi-Tawi, also a province in the Muslim autonomous
region.
On Tuesday, troops also killed two notorious Abu Sayyaf
militants – brothers Nixon and Brown Muktadil – tagged as behind cross-border
kidnappings in the rich Malaysian state of Sabah .
Security forces raided the brothers’ hideout in Tambulian Island Sabah
near Tawi-Tawi province.
The military said the killing of the Muktadil brothers was a
big blow to the Abu Sayyaf because the duo served as sea guides and navigators
during its kidnapping activities in Sabah .
http://mindanaoexaminer.com/2-more-sayyaf-militants-slain-in-sulu-clashes/
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