[UPI] The Philippine navy deployed its newest and largest ship to establish a blockade around the island province of Sulu to prevent the Daesh-linked Abu Sayyaf from fleeing. The BRP Tarlac will lead the blockade in the Sulu Sea after President Duterte ordered the nation's military to destroy the Abu Sayyaf. The terror-linked group has claimed responsibility for a bombing that left 15 dead in Davao City and for multiple beheadings in the past months.
Brig. Gen. Arnel dela Vega, commander of a joint task force battling the Abu Sayyaf, said the ship will serve as a command and control center for naval operations. The navy is preparing to track down Abu Sayyaf members if they attempt to flee, he added.
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[Anadolu] Bombs have wounded two police officers and a villager in southern Thailand two days after the killing of a four-year-old girl and her father provoked international indignation.
Colonel Theerapot Yindee said that a remote control bomb had exploded on a road in Pattani province. He said, "A pick-up truck was passing carrying six policemen, who were inspecting the road before the arrival of a group of teachers. The truck was badly damaged and two police officers were hit by shrapnel."
He said that another bomb targeting a police pick-up truck had exploded almost simultaneously in the neighboring province of Songkhla. The blast wounded a villager driving not far behind the police truck.
The attacks occurred while the far South was still in shock following an explosion early Tuesday which killed the four-year old and her father in front of her school. A villager wounded in the same blast died Wednesday from his injuries.
On Wednesday, the office of the Chularatchamontri -- the leader of the Islamic community in Thailand -- published a statement condemning Tuesday's attack as "a cruel act against the religious teachings of Islam."
The current Chularatchamontri, Aziz Phitakkumpon, is the first holder of the position born in the Malay Muslim south. His office urged the public to "unite and oppose violence against innocent civilians" and called on officials to bring the perpetrators to justice.
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[Anadolu] Bombs have wounded two police officers and a villager in southern Thailand two days after the killing of a four-year-old girl and her father provoked international indignation.
