Saturday, August 29, 2015

Two ASG sub-leaders wounded in latest Sulu clash

From the Philippine News Agency (Aug 29): Two ASG sub-leaders wounded in latest Sulu clash

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, Barangay Latih, Patikul, Sulu.

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.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=798528

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