Sayyaf sub-leader, 3 others killed in Sulu (WARNING: Contains graphic iImage)

SULU - Security forces killed a notorious Abu Sayyaf sub-leader, including three of his followers, one of them a would-be suicide bomber, in a firefight before dawn Sunday in downtown Jolo in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, officials said.

Sayyaf militant captured in Zamboanga

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police captured a suspected Abu Sayyaf militant linked to the kidnapping of a Filipino farmer in Zamboanga del Norte province in southern Philippines, officials said Wednesday.