Fourteen Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) brigands and a Marine soldier were killed in a three-hour clash in Patikul, Sulu on Tuesday, the military reported.
Capt. Ryan Lacuesta, 2nd Marine Brigade Civil-Military Operations Officer, said 19 other soldiers were wounded in the fighting.
The encounter between the two groups started at 4 p.m. and lasted until 7 p.m., Lacuesta added.
Marine troopers, aided by two MG-520 attack helicopters of the Philippine Air Force (PAF), fought an estimated 100 ASG members led by Yasser Igasan, Idan Susukan, Ninok Sappari, and Radullan Sahiron, Lacuesta said.
The clash occurred near a one-hectare ASG camp in Sitio Kan Jimao, Barangay Buhanginan, which the troops seized after an assault on Monday.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=639214
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