Wednesday, May 20, 2015

2 killed, 1 wounded as ASG strafes motorboat off Sulu waters

From the Philippine News Agency (May 20): 2 killed, 1 wounded as ASG strafes motorboat off Sulu waters

Suspected Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandits, with vengeance in mind, killed two civilians and wounded another after strafing a motorboat passing at the municipal waters of Tiomabal, Maibung, and Tapul, Sulu Tuesday afternoon.

Joint Task Group Sulu commander Col.Alan Arrojado said the incident took place at 3 p.m.

He added that the victims and all surviving passengers of the motorboat are residents of Laminusa Island, Siasi town, Sulu.

Arrojado said the names of the victims were still being determined as of this posting.

He added that suspected ASG men, aboard a fast motor boat, came from the direction of Lugus and fired on the civilian-packed craft.

Arrojado said that they saw no motive for the incident saved for the successful rescue of kidnap victim Guan Kim Maujon, a native of Laminusa Island, from the clutches of the bandit group last week.

In the said operation, seven ASG men were killed.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=763814

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