A Muslim preacher was killed in an attacked staged by the
Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) brigands in the hinterlands of Sulu, a top military
official disclosed Monday.
Brig. Gen. Alan Arrojado, Joint Task Group commander, said
the attack took place around 1:45 p.m. Monday in Barangay Sandah, Patikul,
Sulu.
Arrojado said the Abu Sayyaf brigands numbering to around
150 followers led by Ninok Safare and Hatib Hajan Sawajaan positioned at
Patikul Hill and harassed the residents of Barangay Sandah.
Arrojado said the BPAT members of Barangay Sandah “organized
themselves to counter the ASG harassment” that triggered a 30-minute firefight.
He said the firefight resulted to the death of a Baddiri
Jamdane, a recognized Imam of Barangay Sandah, Patikul.
He said the troops from the Army’s 35th Infantry Battalion
“immediately deployed its quick reaction force” and provided assistance to the
BPAT members of Barangay Sandah.
He said the ASG brigands fled after the troops pounded their
positions with mortar shells.
He added the ASG brigands staged the attack as they were
irked by the insistence of the residents in the area to push through with the
concreting of the circumferential road linking the barangay of Sandah to Tugas,
Patikul.
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