Troops have launched a pursuit operation against suspected
members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) who ambushed a barangay chairman and his
escort Saturday morning in the nearby town of Sumisip .
Senior Superintendent Mario Buyucan, provincial police
director, identified the victims as Nurahman Japparul, 52, the barangay
chairman (village chief) of Mangal, Sumisip, and his security escort Hajim
Barilyo.
Buyucan said the victims were ambushed around 6 a.m.
Saturday in the boundaries of Barangays Mangal and Central, Sumisip town.
Buyucan said the victims were aboard a motorcycle were
traveling to Sitio Landing, Barangay Central when suspected Abu Sayyaf Group
(ASG) bandits ambushed them.
Col. Rolando Joselito Bautista, Army’s 104th Infantry
Brigade commander, said the bandits led by Juhaibel Alamsirul alias Abu Kik
were the ones responsible in the ambush.
Baustista disclosed that troops from the Marine Battalion
Landing Team-11 are pursuing the group of Alamsirul.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=752104
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