Army soldiers pretending to be dead killed an Abu Sayyaf
Group sub-leader and wounded his two sons who tried to steal the troops'
firearms following last Wednesday’s landmine explosion that left three troopers
killed in Patikul, Sulu, the military confirmed Friday.
The slain terrorist leader was identified as Juhurim
Hussein.
Not knowing that some of the troopers from the 32nd Infantry
Battalion were only playing possum, he picked up the weapons of the lying
soldiers and was leaving in a hurry when the soldiers who survived an earlier
blast of an improvised explosive device (IED) opened fire, killing him on the
spot.
Hussein's two sons, who were with him at the time, were
wounded, one of them seriously, the military said.
The terror group planted the IED in Barangay Pansul,
Patikul, Sulu and detonated it when a convoy of trucks from the 32nd Infantry
Battalion passed.
The troops fought back despite being caught by surprise,
forcing the terrorists to withdraw.
After the fighting, Hussein decided to go back to the area,
thinking the soldiers were all killed. But he was wrong because some of the
troops who were only playing dead opened fire, hitting him fatally.
The report said his two sons were wounded when they tried to
recover the body of their father.
The killing of Hussein and the wounding of his two sons were
confirmed by their relatives and friends in Jolo, the capital town of the
island province
of Sulu
Government forces in Sulu have intensified their operations
against some 300 Abu Sayyaf terrorists in the province, killing 37 members of
the terror group the past two weeks.
At least 78 terrorists were also wounded during the same
period.
Government forces suffered four killed and 44 wounded in
action.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=742140
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