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Government troopers foiled a bomb attack in Basilan yesterday as government troopers recovered three improvised explosive devices planted by the roadside in Tipo-Tipo town.

Shooting erupted between armed supporters of two rival candidates in an island barangay of Tabuan Lasa town as voting begun almost the same hour when the incident in Sumisip erupted.

Four soldiers and five other militants were injured during weekend clash on Basilan Island, military says.

4 soldiers wounded in Basilan clash with Abu Sayyaf

Military personnel and suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) figured in two separate armed encounters in Sumisip, Basilan on Saturday, April 2, which left casualties on both sides. Military personnel figure in an armed encounter with suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Su

Four soldiers were wounded in a series of encounters with Abu Sayyaf bandits in Sumisip, Basilan on Saturday morning.

Personnel of the Armys 64th Infantry Battalion managed to drive the nine Abu Sayyaf gunmen away following a series of brief clashes early Saturday in Barangay Sucaten in Sumisip, Basilan.

ZAMBOANGA CITY - A sub-leader of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and ten other members surrendered to authorities in Basilan last Tuesday, less than a week after the group’s top leader was killed during an encounter with government troops. Joint Task Force Basilan officials pose with the Abu Sayyaf

Eleven members of the now seemingly moribund Abu Sayyaf group in Basilan surrendered to the Army Tuesday.

The remaining ranking leader of the Abu Sayyaf in Basilan perished in a brief shootout with soldiers at past 5:00 p.m. Friday.