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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...

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

ZAMBOANGA CITY - A leader of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) was killed in a clash with Scout Ranger troopers in Basilan province, a top military official announced Saturday. Brig. Gen. Domingo Gobway, Joint Task Force (JTF)-Basilan commander, identified the slain ASG leader as Razmil Jannatul alias Abu Khubayb. Gobway said Jannatul was killed in a clash Friday afternoon in Sitio Center, Barangay Baiwas in Sumisip town, Basilan. Gobway said the troops of the 5th Scout Ranger Battalion were on combat operation when they clashed with a group of ASG bandits led by Jannatul. He said the firefight laste...

Abu Sayyaf leader killed in Basilan clash

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