ZAMBOANGA
CITY – Security forces killed 5 Abu Sayyaf militants in separate clashes in the
southern Philippines where operations against the pro-ISIS group continues in
the restive region, officials said Monday.
Officials
said four gunmen were killed in the weekend fighting that also injured a
soldier in the village of Lakit-Lakit in Tawi-Tawi’s Sapa-Sapa town after
Marine soldiers tracked down the gang.