Two Abu Sayyaf rebels were killed in a clash with government
troops in the southern Philippines as police and military authorities tightened
security in the troubled Muslim region this holy week, officials said
Friday.
Capt. Maria Rowena Muyuela, a spokeswoman for the Western
Mindanao Command, said soldiers recovered the bodies of the slain rebels,
including their weapons, in the village
of Danag
She said troops clashed with about 80 rebels under Hairulah
Asbang, one of the most notorious leaders of the Abu Sayyaf, and that no
soldiers were either killed or wounded in the fighting.
“Military troops recovered two high-powered firearms and the
bodies of the two dead Abu Sayyaf members,” Muyuela said, adding a still
undetermined number of gunmen were also wounded in the clash.
It was unknown if Asbang was among the injured, but troops
were dispatched April 3 to pursue the fleeing gunmen.
“Military and police forces launched pursuit operations
against the Abu Sayyaf which is responsible for the series of atrocities in the
region,” Muyuela said.
http://www.mindanaoexaminer.net/2015/04/2-sayyaf-rebels-killed-in-philippine.html
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