Sayyaf fighter killed, 2 soldiers wounded in fresh fighting in Sulu

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Fighting erupted Thursday between pro-ISIS group Abu Sayyaf and army soldiers in Sulu province in southern Philippines, the military said.

 

It said the clash erupted in Panglayahan village in Patikul town after soldiers ran into a group of Abu Sayyaf leader Radulan Sahiron. The fighting lasted 40 minutes. “The encounter resulted in one enemy killed and slightly wounding of two soldiers. Engaged troops are on hot pursuit of the fleeing enemy,” it said in a statement.

 

Just early this week, soldiers also clashed in Patikul's Bangkal village and killing 2 militants, one of them Barak Ingog, helped faciliate twin suicide attacks by an Indonesian ISIS couple on a Catholic church in the capital town of Jolo in January this year that killed and wounded dozens of people, mostly civilians and soldiers.

 

The other slain gunman, Nasser Sawadjaan, was a nephew of Abu Sayyaf leader Hajan Sawadajaan. Security forces mounted massive operations in Sulu since early this year as part of President Duterte's order to the military to destroy the Abu Sayyaf, whose leaders pledged allegiance with ISIS. 

 

The operations had resulted in the recovery of 2 Indonesian and a Malaysian fishermen held by the Abu Sayyaf on Simisa Island off Sulu. However, two of the hostages, Malaysian Jari Abdullah, eventually died in hospital in Zamboanga City from a gunshot wound, and Hariadin drowned while escaping the fighting between troops and militants.

 

Sulu Governor Toto Tan deployed social workers and dispatched food aid to assist villagers who were affected by the military campaign. (The Zamboanga Post) 

 

 

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2 Sayyafs slain, 3 soldiers wounded in Sulu clash

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two Abu Sayyaf fighters were killed and 3 soldiers wounded in a clash in the southern Philippine province of Sulu where security forces are battling pro-ISIS militants since last month, officials said Tuesday.

Officials said one of those killed, known only by his alias Barak Ingog, allegedly helped carry out a twin suicide attacks by an Indonesian couple on a Catholic church in the capital town of Jolo in January this year that killed and wounded dozens of people, mostly civilians and soldiers.

The other slain militant, Nasser Sawadjaan, was a nephew of Abu Sayyaf leader Hajan Sawadajaan. Both of them were killed in a firefight Monday afternoon in the village of Bangkal in Patikul town.

Officials said the fighting lasted 40 minutes, but the military did not say whether soldiers recovered the bodies of the slain militants, although it reported that troops recovered an M16 rifle in the area.

“Firefight lasted for 40 minutes, supported by indirect fires and close air support, resulting to the neutralization of Barak Ingog, one of the facilitators of the bombing of the Cathedral in Jolo last 27 January this year. Another ASG member, identified as Nasser Sawadjaan, nephew of ASG leader Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan, was also killed during the encounter,” the Western Mindanao Command said.

There were no reports of civilian casualties, but Governor Toto Tan has deployed social workers and dispatched food aid since March to assist villagers who were affected by the military campaign. It was unknown whether the regional government had sent aid to Sulu, one of 5 provinces under the newly-created Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. (Zamboanga Post)

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