A Moro National Liberation Front militant-turned-soldier, who was working for peace and progress in Sulu, was abducted by the Abu Sayyaf Thursday morning. Military spokesman Jo-Ann Petinglay identified the female soldier as Staff Sergeant Anni Siraji.
The perpetrators were thought to be members of the Abu Sayyaf. A report said she was forcibly taken by a group headed by Waltun Julhasan, a known follower of the Abu Sayyaf leader Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan operating in Patikul, Sulu.
The group fled with the captured soldier towards Sitio Lagaron, Patikul, Sulu, according to a military report.
Western Mindanao Command Chief Lieutenant General Carlito Galvez said it is frustrating that a Tausug soldier who wants a peaceful community and is working hard to bring progress to his home province, would be a victim of the rebels. He said, "Obviously, the Abu Sayyaf can victimize anyone, even someone from their own tribe."
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[The Nation] Suspected Muslim insurgents carried out a string of coordinated attacks across three southern border provinces in Thailand Wednesday night. Some were wounded and two militants were killed. The two deaths were reported in three attacks in Songkhla province while Pattani and Narathiwat provinces saw 12 attacks.
Police said two militants were killed when their homemade bomb hidden in a motorcycle fell and exploded before they reached a target in Songkhla's Saba Yoi district. The blast occurred at around 8 p.m. near a military base.
Nearly at the same time, militants also opened fire at a unit of soldiers in Ban Juab village in Thepha district.
Also at 8 p.m., two militants on a motorcycle lobbed a grenade at a police booth in front of Chana Police Station. The two police officers inside escaped harm as the bomb fell near the booth. They later exchanged fire with the two attackers who fled the scene.
In Pattani, a group of militants hurled two grenades at official houses of police in Pattani's Kapho district. Police said the attack on the quarters of police station personnel happened at 7:30 p.m.
Meanwhile, Narathiwat police chief Pol Maj-General Manas Siksamut issued an urgent order to all 19 police stations in the southern border provinces, to be on full alert after militants carried out 12 simultaneous attacks at around 7:30 p.m.
Three attacks were carried out in Tak Bai district. In one of the incidents, militants threw a grenade at the house of a police officer. Two attacks were launched in Sungai Padi district and another in Rusoh district.
Grenades were hurled at two villagers' homes in two villages in Waeng district. In Rangae district, an M79 grenade was fired at a task force base.
In Yi Ngor district, a grenade was hurled at a checkpoint of defense volunteers in front of the district agricultural office and another grenade at the base of the defense volunteers of Tambon Poryoh. In Si Sakhon district, militants lobbed a grenade at the base of a defense volunteer company.
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[The Nation] Suspected Muslim insurgents carried out a string of coordinated attacks across three southern border provinces in Thailand Wednesday night. Some were wounded and two militants were killed. The two deaths were reported in three attacks in Songkhla province while Pattani and Narathiwat provinces saw 12 attacks.
