Two Abu Sayyaf brigands and a soldier were killed while
seven others were wounded in a firefight in the nearby municipality of Sumisip
Col. Rolando Joselito Bautista, Army’s 104th Infantry
Brigade commander, disclosed that the firefight broke out around 11 a.m.
Wednesday in Barangay Baiwas, Sumisip.
Bautista said the firefight broke out as the troops chanced
upon around 60 Abu Sayyaf brigands while conducting combat operations in
Barangay Baiwas.
The identities of the slain Abu Sayyaf brigands as well as
that of the soldier were not immediately available.
Bautista said that one of the seven wounded is a soldier who
was airlifted to a military hospital for treatment.
He said troops were deployed to track down the fleeing Abu
Sayyaf brigands, who scampered to different directions.
He added that the clash site is an identified stronghold of
the Abu Sayyaf brigands in Sumisip town.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=794952
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