Friday, May 15, 2015

Update: Three ASG bandits, one trooper killed as military, police capture ASG IED factory in Basilan

From the Philippine News Agency (May 15): Update: Three ASG bandits, one trooper killed as military, police capture ASG IED factory in Basilan

Three Abu Sayyaf Group bandits were killed and three others were wounded as military and police units swooped down on an ASG improvised explosive device (IED) factory at Sitio Project, Barangay Tuburan Proper, Hadji Mohammad Ajul, Basilan Thursday.

In the operation, one soldier was killed while six others were hurt, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) public affairs office chief Lt. Col. Harold Cabunoc said.

Also seized were 20 IEDs, he added.

Cabunoc said the clash was triggered after troopers from the 3rd Scout Ranger Battalion, 4th Special Forces Battalion and Hadji Mohammad Ajul PNP encountered ASGs under Ustadz Abbas Alam at 8: 25 a.m. in Barangay Tuburan Proper.

He also said that a Malaysian Jihadist identified as Mohammed Najib Bin Husein alias "Abu Anas/Abraham" was part of the group which was engaged by the soldiers.

The troops incurred one dead and six wounded during the intense firefight. The injured soldiers are now in stable condition.

Government forces accounted for three ASG dead and three others wounded.

One of the fatalities was identified as Apotoh Aman.

Pursuit operations are still ongoing.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=&sid=&nid=&rid=762227

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