Sayyaf leader wanted by U.S. killed in Southern Philippines

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Filipino soldiers shot dead a senior Abu Sayyaf terrorist leader wanted by the United States for the July 2011 kidnapping of an American woman and her son in the southern Philippine port city of Zamboanga. 

Military foils Sayyaf bomb plot in Basilan province

BASILAN – The Philippine military announced Thursday afternoon the recovery of four Abu Sayyaf improvised explosives and rifle grenades and claimed to have foiled a bomb plot in the southern province of Basilan where security forces are hunting down members of the pro-ISIS group.

Sayyaf bomber linked to Congress attack captured in Zamboanga

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Security forces here captured an Abu Sayyaf bomber tagged as among those behind the 2007 attack on Philippine Congress that killed a lawmaker and a civilian, and injured 7 others, officials said Friday.

2 Sayyaf bombers captured in Isabela City

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Security forces captured 2 Abu Sayyaf bombers in a daring operation in Isabela City in Basilan, one of 5 provinces under the restive Muslim autonomous region in southern Philippines, police said Wednesday.

Police said the duo – Mudzrim Ilaman and Kadir Ajanal – were tracked down before dusk Tuesday in the village called Menzi. Policemen, backed by soldiers, seized improvised explosives from the militants.

Troops kill 4 Sayyafs in ferocious battle in Basilan

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