Thursday, February 5, 2015

Update: Troops kill ASG member in Sulu clash

From the Philippine News Agency (Feb 5): Update: Troops kill ASG member in Sulu clash
 
The government troops have killed a member of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and recovered four high-power firearms following a firefight in the hinterlands of Sulu, the military reported Thursday.

Capt. Ma. Rowena Muyuela, Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) information officer, said the Joint Task Group Sulu identified the slain ASG member as a certain Murasil, a trusted aide of Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan, a mid-level leader of the ASG.

Muyuela said the firefight ensued around 9:10 a.m. Thursday at Sitio Kan Udang, Barangay Taglibi, Patikul, Sulu.

Muyuela said the firefight broke out when the Joint Task Group Sulu headed by 1Lt. Dennis Arado chanced upon the group of Sawadjaan while they were conducting law enforcement operation in Sitio Kan Udang, Barangay Taglibi.

She said the troops have also recovered four high-power firearms abandoned by the Abu Sayyaf brigands.

She said there was no casualty reported on the government troops who figured in the firefight.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=732703

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