Eight people, including six Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandits
were killed while 25 others were wounded during a heavy encounter with military
units in Patikul, Sulu Thursday afternoon.
Fifteen of the wounded were military personnel while the
other 10 are all bandits.
He added that troopers from the 32nd Infantry Battalion
under Lt. Col. Gregorio Nieveras were conducting foot patrols near the vicinity
of Bud Bagsak when they spotted an estimated 250 to 300 ASG members in the
vicinity of the Sitio Nangka, Barangay Gata, Patikul, Sulu.
Immediately, the troops engaged the Abu Sayyaf in a fierce
firefight, killing six ASG men and wounding 10 others.
Meanwhile, government troopers sustained two soldiers dead
while 15 others were wounded including two Army officers.
The wounded soldiers were promptly treated by combat medics
and they were declared out of danger by attending physicians in a military
hospital in Jolo town.
Arrojado promptly deployed additional forces to reinforce
the heavily engaged troops while at the same time delivered artillery fire.
“Our forward observer was able to effectively direct
artillery fires towards the enemy positions causing more casualties on the
enemy side,” he said.
Currently, the ASG is still holding six kidnap victims
including European bird-watcher Ewold Horn.
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