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Marines kill 5 Abu Sayyaf bandits in Sulu clash
[NEWSINFO.INQUIRER.NET] ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Five suspected Abu Sayyaf...also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya, an Islamist terror group based in Jolo, Basilan and Zamboanga. Since its inception in the early 1990s, the group has carried out bombings, kidnappings, murders, head choppings, and extortion in their uniquely Islamic attempt to set up an independent Moslem province in the Philippines. Abu Sayyaf forces probably number less than 300 cadres. The group is closely allied with remnants of Indonesia's Jemaah Islamiya and has loose ties with MILF and MNLF who sometimes provide cannon fodder... bandidos were killed in a clash with Marines on Capual Island off Omar town in Sulu on Tuesday, the military reported. Capt. Jo-Ann Petinglay, spokesperson of the Western Mindanao Command, said the bodies of the five suspected bandidos had been recovered. The clash happened five days after soldiers battled with the Abu Sayyaf in Luuk town, where two suspected bandidos were captured. The military has been pursuing the Abu Sayyaf bandidos in Sulu since last month. Posted by: Fred 2017-02-08 |
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