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| Four killed in clashes with Abu Sayyaf |
| 2013-10-09 |
| Four people were killed in fierce clashes Monday between Philippine troops and Abu Sayyaf militants in Basilan province. Captain Jefferson Somera said two injured militants under Juhair Aliman were also captured in Sumisip town. He said the fighting broke out after the military launched an operation aimed at clearing the circumferential road from lawless elements. Somera said, “The purpose of the (military) operation is to clear the Basilan circumferential road to ensure the safety of the civilian motorists. The operation also intends to neutralize the lawless elements threatening the major thoroughfare along the villages of Sapah Bulak and Upper Cabengbeng both of Sumisip town." |
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