3 Sayyafs killed in Sulu; three more captured in Zamboanga City

From the Mindanao Examiner (Jun 1): 3 Sayyafs killed in Sulu; three more captured in Zamboanga City 

Government troops on Wednesday killed 3 Abu Sayyaf militants and captured 3 more in separate operations in Sulu province and Zamboanga City in southern Philippines, officials said.

Army Captain Jo-ann Petinglay, a spokeswoman for the Western Mindanao Command, said soldiers clashed with militants in the village of Sukuban in Sulu’s Omar town and killed 3 of them. Troops also recovered 8 high-powered firearms left by fleeing Abu Sayyaf members.

There were no military casualties, she said.

Police, backed by soldiers, also captured 3 militants in Zamboanga, one of them – Kimhar Asusi – at the pier shortly after he disembarked from a boat that came from Sulu and the two others – Al Hamed Manalas Abdurahman, 37, and Murasidol Abdurahman, 32, – in the village of Maasin.

Security forces also seized ammunition and a grenade from the duo.

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