MANILA, Philippines: Philippine forces killed an Abu Sayyaf militant, who had been implicated in past beheadings, including of 10 Filipino marines and two kidnapped Vietnamese, in a clash in the south, police officials said Friday.
ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Philippine Army paraded on Wednesday, December 6, a dozen Abu Sayyaf fighters who surrendered following the death of a senior pro-ISIS leader and bombmaker in the southern Muslim province of Basilan, officials said.
ZAMBOANGA CITY: A notorious Abu Sayyaf leader and bombmaker blamed for deadly attacks in southern Philippines had been killed while trying to evade military operations in Basilan, about 17 nautical miles from here.
ZAMBOANGA CITY: Over a dozen fighters of the pro-Islamic State (IS) terrorist group Abu Sayyaf have surrendered in Basilan, an island-province south of the Philippines, about 30 nautical miles from here, officials said.
ZAMBOANGA CITY: An Abu Sayyaf fighter was killed and nine police commandos were wounded in a firefight Saturday in Sulu province in southern Philippines.