Government forces have launched pursuit operation against the Abu Sayyaf bandits who staged an ambush that injured eight soldiers in the nearby island
Army’s 1st Infantry Division Public Affairs Officer-in-Charge Capt. Franco Suelto said the subject of the pursuit operation is the group of Abu Sayyaf brigand leader Puruji Indama.
Suelto said the combined Army and militia forces were traversing from Barangay Sungkayut to Barangay Bohe-Suyak, Ungkaya Pukan when ambushed by the Abu Sayyaf brigands.
Suelto said the brigands also set-off an improvised explosive device (IED) when the troops returned fire triggering an exchange of gunfire.
Army’s 104th Infantry Brigade commander Col. Rolando Joselito Bautista said the troops stood ground and repelled the Abu Sayyaf brigands following a 15-minute firefight.
Bautista disclosed that eight government troops were injured in the 15-minute firefight that ensued.
Both officers did not released the identities of the wounded troops except that five of them are troops of the Army’s 18th Infantry Battalion and three are militiamen.
The troops were ambushed while they were on the way to provide security to an ongoing government project in the area.
Suelto said the Abu Sayyaf brigands were also believed to have sustained injuries or casualties.
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