Two more members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) were killed
while three others were wounded following a series of encounters between Joint
Task Force-Sulu troopers and the bandits in Panamao, Sulu Wednesday morning.
A soldier was also slightly wounded by shrapnel and is
currently recuperating at the Camp
Bautista Hospital
Joint Task Force-Sulu commander, Brig. Gen. Arnel dela Vega
said the first encounter transpired at 7:20 a.m. between an estimated 30 ASG
and the Bravo Company of the 35th Infantry Battalion in Barangay Pugad Manaul
in Panamao.
In the clash, two ASG terrorists were killed but troopers
recovered the body of only one of the slain bandits.
Dela Vega said civilians saw the other body being carried by
the retreating terrorists.
The second encounter occurred at 9:05 a.m. between the same
group of ASG and troops of the Bravo Company, 10th Infantry Battalion in an
adjacent sitio in Barangay Pugad Manaul, also in Panamao, resulting in three
ASG wounded.
Dela Vega said the engaged ASGs were reportedly holding some
Malaysian and Indonesian hostages.
The wounded soldier was airlifted to Camp Bautista
Station Hospital
This is the second successive day that troops engaged the
ASG in Sulu.
On Tuesday, the notorious Muktadil brothers of the ASG,
Nixon and Brown, were killed in an operation by troops in Sulu.
Dela Vega attributed the successive engagements to the
cooperation of local residents.
"Our troops will continue to pursue the terrorists
until we deal a crippling blow to their ranks and leadership and rescue the
remaining hostages," he added.
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