Two of the sub-leaders of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) were
wounded on Friday’s clash with government forces in the hinterlands of Sulu, a
top military official disclosed.
Brig. Gen. Alan Arrojado, Joint Task Group Sulu commander,
made this disclosure Saturday based on the intelligence reports they received
from the field.
Arrojado said the ASG sub-leaders who were wounded were
Roger Samlahun and Hatib Hajan Sawalaan, whose group figured in a clash with
government forces around 6:29 a.m. Friday in Mount Awak
Friday’s clash broke out when the Marine Battalion Landing
Team-2 (MBLT-2) troops encountered some 300 Abu Sayyaf brigands while conducting
focus military operation.
The Abu Sayyaf brigands scampered to different directions
after the troops pounded them with 81-mm mortar shells as well as they sensed
the arrival of government reinforcement.
Arrojado disclosed they received information that the Abu
Sayyaf brigands have fled to Sitio Bawisan, Barangay Kabuntakas and Bud (Mount)
Gasam, Patikul town.
Meanwhile, Arrojado disclosed that five wives of ASG members
were monitored to have bought medical supplies and medicines at different
pharmacies around 11 a.m. Saturday in Jolo, the capital town of Sulu
He disclosed that further information showed that 15 ASG
brigands were taken to Barangay Taglibi, Patikul for medical treatment.
He said the 15 ASG brigands, who are followers of Hatib
Hajan Sawajaan, were wounded during the Aug. 19 clash in Sitio Marang, Barangay
Buanza, Indanan town.
However, he said information further revealed that five of
the 15 wounded have returned to their group while the remaining 10 are still
recuperating in Taglibi, Patikul.
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