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Sumisip, Basilan (File photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Two suspected Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members were killed while nine others were wounded in clashes with government troops in Basilan province on Saturday, a top military official disclosed. Brig. Gen. Domingo Gobway, Joint Task Force-Basilan commander, said in a text message that the clash broke out around 7:31 a.m. in Barangay Sukaten, Sumisip town, and continued sporadically. The Western Mindanao Command said in a separate text message that the firefight was ongoing as of this writing. Gobway said four of the nine wounded are troopers of the 64t...

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

An Abu Sayyaf sympathizer was killed during a gunfight with government troops who tried to arrest him for possession of a deadly explosive in Barangay Limbocandis, Sumisip, Basilan at dawn Monday, January 17. A Western Mindanao Command report said personnel from the 64th Infantry Battalion and the