The military’s Western Mindanao Command (WestMinCom) on Friday confirmed that one of the sub-leaders of the Abu Sayyaf group was shot dead by his comrade in Talipao town in the province of Sulu.
In a statement, Capt. Rowena Muyuela, WestMinCom headquarters spokesperson, said ASG sub-leader Khalid Sali was shot to death by Yasser Sahiron at his temporary encampment in Barangay Bud Bunga.
Sali was a known follower of Radullan Sahiron, a one-armed al-Qaeda-linked militant leader who has a $1 million bounty on his head put up by the US government, which considers the group a foreign terrorist organization.
The military also tagged Sali as a former Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) integree who joined the Philippine Army’s 6th Infantry Division early 2000 and defected to the Abu Sayyaf groupside in 2008.
“Information received from ground units disclosed that a sub-leader of the Abu Sayyaf Group was killed by his nephew,” said Muyuela.
Muyuela also said reports revealed that Sahiron was brainwashed by ASG sub-leaders Furuji Indama and Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan who alleged that his uncle (Khalid) was a military informant.
“Subsequently, Sahiron proceeded to the creek and shot Khalid’s group, resulting to Khalid’s death and wounding of four others, one of whom was identified as Juljimar Halon who suffered serious wounds,” she added.
It was learned from Muyuela that the group of Abu Sayyaf sub-leader Sawadjaan planned to move towards Indanan, Sulu, after the series of law enforcement operations launched by the Joint Task Group Sulu.
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