A military operation to capture Abu Sayyaf commander Radullan Sahiron was discontinued yesterday after he and his men were tipped off that they would be ambushed in Indanan, Sulu.
Col. Alan
Arrojado, Armed Forces Joint Task Group Sulu commander, said the 1st Scout
Ranger Battalion planned the ambush after the military received reports that
Sahiron and his men were moving towards Indanan.
A soldier was
wounded after Army troops engaged the advance party of Sahiron in a two-minute
shootout at around 12:30 a.m. yesterday, he added.
Arrojado said the
soldiers need to rest after hunting down Sahiron and his men continuously for
14 days.
“This is not a
suspension (of operation),” he said. “The troops have to rest and refurbish
their bullets and supplies.”
Arrojado said the
troops would not allow Sahiron and his men to escape.
“They are ready
anytime,” he said in Filipino.
“If there is
available information (about the location of Abu Sayyaf members), they can
operate.”
Nine Abu Sayyaf
fighters were killed and 14 others wounded in an encounter with government
troops in Patikul, Sulu last Thursday, the military said.
However,
officials could not say how many bodies of the slain terrorists were recovered.
Two soldiers died
and 15 others were wounded in the clash.
Sahiron, one of
the terrorists in the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)’s most wanted
list, was reportedly spotted during the encounter.
Sahiron was
implicated in several kidnappings, including that of an American in 1993.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/04/13/15/operation-capture-abu-sayyafs-sahiron-suspended
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