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. (Mindanao Examiner)
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