[SUNSTAR.PH] An explosive expert of the 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... Group (ASG) died when the bomb he was carrying accidentally went kaboom! while evading from pursuing government forces in Basilan ...Basilan is a rugged, jungle-covered island in the southern Philippines. It is a known stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf, bandidos, and maybe even orcs. Most people with any sense travel with armed escorts... province.
Colonel Cirilo Tomas Donato, Army’s 104th Infantry Brigade commander, said the incident occurred shortly after 10 a.m. Thursday in the village of Mangalut, Akbar municipality.
Donato identified the slain Abu Sayyaf bomb expert as Mussana Jamiri, whose group the military forces had been pursuing in the hinterlands of Basilan.
Jamiri is a first degree cousin of Basilan-based Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) leader Nurhassan Jamiri.
Donato said the group of Jamiri was fleeing towards the boundary of Akbar town as the troops were closing in on them when the explosive he was carrying went kaboom!.
He said the group of Jamiri was involved in the clash on Tuesday in Tuburan town that resulted to the death of three soldiers and a militiaman.
He said Jamiri’s group has ambushed the government troops on Wednesday night in the village Parangbasak, Lamitan City, Basilan.
He said one soldier died while another was maimed during the ambush. They belong to the Army’s 64th Infantry Battalion.
He said the mangled remains of Jamiri was turned over to his family.
[Inquirer] Abu Sayyaf militants beheaded an 18-year-old captive in Indanan, Sulu province, on Tuesday after they failed to recieve ransom from the boy's family. The Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) said the head of Patrick James Almodovar was found inside a plastic bag that was dumped by three motorcycle-riding men at Barangay Kajatian, Indanan, on Wednesday evening. Almodovar was kidnapped by the Ajang-Ajang faction of the Abu Sayyaf in Jolo, Sulu, on July 16.
Westmincom spokesman Filemon Tan said Almodovar was beheaded after the rebels failed to get the ransom they had demanded. Tan didn't say how much the Abu Sayyaf had demanded, but the family said the militants had wanted P1 million.
The military condemned the "barbaric murder perpetrated by this terror group, saying, "The beheading of an innocent man done by the [Abu Sayyaf] is an absolute affront to the peace-loving Moros in the Philippines."
The victim's mother urged President Duterte to punish her son’s killers. She said, "They deserve the same punishment. President [Duterte], we ask you to finish them all."
She said the bandits had demanded P1 million, but all the family could manage was P100,000, borrowed from friends and relatives. She said, "No one helped us, but now everyone is talking about my son."
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[Bangkok Post] A pair of bombs detonated near each other killed a woman and injured 30 people late Tuesday in the main town of Pattani province. The bombs were reportedly detonated 20 minutes apart. This so-called 'double tap' is being used more frequently by southern insurgents, with the goal of causing maximum casualties with the second bomb among those who respond to the first.
The first blast at 10:40 p.m. near a karaoke pub caused no casualties. Then, a second blast caused by a huge bomb in a parked pickup truck blew up at 11:00. This bomb injured 30 security officers and bystanders. The injured included two girls, 21 women and seven men.
Both bombs went off in a parking lot behind the pub. The car bomb shattered windows in a wide circle in the heavily populated area. Shops, homes and a 100-room, eight-story hotel all suffered damage. More than 10 cars and motorcycles parked in the area were also damaged by the blast.
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[SUNSTAR.PH] An explosive expert of the 
[Inquirer] Abu Sayyaf militants beheaded an 18-year-old captive in Indanan, Sulu province, on Tuesday after they failed to recieve ransom from the boy's family. The Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) said the head of Patrick James Almodovar was found inside a plastic bag that was dumped by three motorcycle-riding men at Barangay Kajatian, Indanan, on Wednesday evening. Almodovar was kidnapped by the Ajang-Ajang faction of the Abu Sayyaf in Jolo, Sulu, on July 16.
[Bangkok Post] A pair of bombs detonated near each other killed a woman and injured 30 people late Tuesday in the main town of Pattani province. The bombs were reportedly detonated 20 minutes apart. This so-called 'double tap' is being used more frequently by southern insurgents, with the goal of causing maximum casualties with the second bomb among those who respond to the first. 
