BASILAN - Abu Sayyaf militant transporting explosives and materials for the manufacture of improvised explosive was killed in a firefight with Special Forces soldiers in Isabela City in the Muslim province of Basilan, police said.
Police said the weekend fighting occurred in the village of Baluno after soldiers engaged a band of militants and eventually killed the 34-year old Adzhar Alih Anding.
No soldiers were killed or wounded in the clash, but troops recovered assorted bullet casings of .45-caliber pistol and 9mm, and about a kilo of C4, six blasting caps, four batteries, one digital timer, electrical wires and iron fragments, including two cell phones and P5,000 cash and a motorcycle left behind by retreating militants.
Maj. Shellamie Chang, a regional police spokeswoman, quoting a police report, said Anding was a native of Basilan, one of five provinces under the Bangsamoro autonomous region. “Special Forces Intelligence Team of the Philippine Army encountered ASG members…and successfully neutralized a Basilan-based alleged Periodic Status Record List ASG member Adzhar Alih Anding, 34 years old and a resident of Saluping Island, Tabuanlasa Municipality,” she said.
The Periodic Status Record List refers to militants who surrendered to the government and placed under the care of local governments where they belong.
It was unknown whether the Abu Sayyaf, whose leaders pledged allegiance with the Islamic State, is planning to stage terror attacks in Basilan or nearby Zamboanga City. (Mindanao Examiner)
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