Government forces pursuing the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
brigands have discovered a house used as temporary harbor site by the ASG in
the hinterlands of Sulu, a top military official disclosed Wednesday.
Brig. Gen. Alan Arrojado, Joint Task Group Sulu commander,
said the troops from the Army’s 32nd Infantry Battalion uncovered the harbor
site around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Barangay Latih, Patikul, Sulu.
Arrojado said the troops were scouring the area when they
uncovered the “freshly abandoned” temporary harbor site “of the fleeing ASG
members.”
Arrojado said the troops have recovered various medical
supplies used by the wounded ASG members in the recent clash with government
forces.
He said the troops also recovered bomb-making components
such as blasting caps and detonating cords, mobile phones, radio transceiver,
police and military uniforms, hammock, laminated sacks and a box of dried fish.
Earlier, Arrojado said that 15 ASG members were reported to
have been wounded in the August 28 heavy fighting Mount Awak
He said among the wounded were ASG sub-leaders Roger
Samlahun and Hatib Hajan Sawalaan.
During the fighting, the troops pounded the positions of the
ASG brigands with mortar shells that forced them to scamper to different
directions.
Some of the wives of the ASG brigands were monitored to have
purchased medical supplies and medicines a day after the clash.
Arrojado said the troops continue to scour Barangay Latih,
Patikul, as they continue to track down the evading ASG brigands.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=802066
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