Saturday, April 11, 2015

Village chief, escort killed in ASG ambush in Basilan

From the Philippine News Agency (Apr 11): Village chief, escort killed in ASG ambush in Basilan

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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