Fourteen people, including four Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
members, were wounded in an hour-long firefight Friday in the hinterlands of
Sulu.
Brig. Gen. Alan Arrojado, Joint Task Group Sulu commander,
said the firefight broke out around 6:29 a.m. Friday in Mount Awak
Arrojado said the firefight broke out when the marine forces
encountered about 300 ASG members while conducting focus military operation.
Arrojado said the ground troops have sighted four Jemaah
Islamiyah (JI) militants, who were together with the ASG members during the
clash.
He said the wounded soldiers belong to the 32nd Marine
Company of the Marine Battalion Landing Team-2 (MBLT-2).
Arrojado said the Fire Base Santol pounded the positions of
the enemy forces with 81-mm mortar shells while another platoon reinforced the
engaged troops forcing the JIs and brigands to scamper to different directions.
He said the wounded troops were taken to the Trauma Hospital
in Camp General Teodulfo Bautista and later to Camp Navarro General
Hospital
He said that two of the wounded ASG brigands were identified
as a certain Sueb and a certain Anas based on the reports from the ground
troops.
He said the ASG brigands that figured in the firefight
against the troops are led by Hatib Hajan Sawajaan, Muamar Askali, Almuktar
Suddung, Namiel Ahajari, Basaron Arok and Yasser Igasan.
He said the troops are still conducting clearing operation
at the clash site.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=798066
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