A soldier was wounded in a clash with Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
brigands as the focus military operations (FMO) continue in the hinterlands of
Sulu, a top military official disclosed Thursday.
Brig. Gen. Alan Arrojado, Joint Task Group Sulu commander,
said the firefight broke out around 2:10 p.m. Thursday in Sitio Kaupitan,
Barangay Tugas, Patikul, Sulu.
Arrojado did not release the identity of the wounded soldier
except in saying he was hit in the lower extremities.
Arrojado said the troops from the 1st Scout Ranger Company
and 16th Special Forces Company were on combat operation when they clashed with
around 150 ASG brigands led by Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan in Sitio Kaupitan,
Barangay Tugas.
Arrojado said all the other operating units of the Joint
Task Group Sulu were ordered to reinforce the troops in Barangay Tugas.
Meanwhile, he disclosed that the 10th and 12th Scout Ranger
Companies of the 1st Scout Ranger Battalion clashed with around 60 ASG brigands
led by Radullan Sahiron in Sitio Tubalon, Barangay Kabuntakas, Patikul.
He said the scout rangers were closing-in on the troops of
the 1st Scout Ranger Company and 16th Special Forces Company when they clashed
against Sahiron’s group around 3:45 p.m. Thursday in Barangay Kabuntakas.
He said firefight is still ongoing. Troops from the Army’s
32nd Infantry Battalion and 2nd Marine Brigade were deployed to block all
possible escape routes of the ASG brigands.
He said that all military and police outposts were ordered
to conduct checkpoints to intercept the fleeing ASG brigands with their
casualties.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=818353
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