ZAMBOANGA CITY – Security forces clashed with pro-ISIS Abu Sayyaf militants and killing one gunman and capturing two others in southern Philippines, officials said Friday.
Philippine Navy photos released to the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner show the vastness of Simisa Island off Sulu's Bangungui town where security forces raided and killed one Abu Sayyaf militant and captured 2 others.
Troops were still pursuing about a dozen more militants on Simisa Island off the town of Banguingui in Sulu province, according to Rear Admiral Rene Medina, regional chief of the Philippine Navy.
He said the operations against the Abu Sayyaf on the forested island started on February 24 and are continuing with various military units deployed to track down the fleeing militants.
Medina said soldiers recovered the body of the slain gunman, including an ISIS flag, cell phones, weapons and 5 motorboats the Abu Sayyaf is using in their terror activities.
“The neutralized ASG member remains unidentified. He was killed when elements of 62nd Marine Company, Force Recon Group encountered more or less 15 ASG under Salip Mura,” he said, adding, there were no military casualties in the fighting.
He said the two captured militants Abdu Mohammad and Nurlinda Sulaiman were being interrogated by the military in an effort to extract intelligence on the operation of the Abu Sayyaf, whose leaders have pledged allegiance to ISIS.
“The intensive military operations and selfless dedications of government troops, particularly the Fleet-Marine Forces in Sulu, led to neutralization and apprehension of ASG members and the recovery of firearms and water crafts,” Medina said, praising troops for the successful campaign.
The military blamed the Abu Sayyaf for the spate of ransom kidnappings and for aiding foreign suicide bombers in attacking a Catholic church in Sulu’s capital town of Jolo in January that killed a huge number of civilians and soldiers. (Mindanao Examiner)
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