The government troops have captured a member of the Abu
Sayyaf Group (ASG) as firefight broke out Thursday while the focus military
operations (FMO) continue in the hinterlands of Sulu.
Brig. Gen. Alan Arrojado, Joint Task Group Sulu commander,
said the firefight broke out around 2 p.m. Thursday in Sitio Cabun Nyog,
Barangay Buhanginan, Patikul.
Arrojado, who is also the Army’s 501st Infantry Brigade
commander, said the troops of the Bravo and Charlie Companies under the 35th
Infantry Battalion clashed with at least 20 ASG brigands while scouring Sitio
Cabun Nyog, Barangay Buhanginan, Patikul town.
Arrojado did not release the identity of member of the ASG
who was captured in a firefight that lasted for around 10 minutes.
He said the rest of the ASG brigands fled to different
directions. The troops fired artillery rounds towards the withdrawal paths of
the brigands.
He said troops from the Army’s 32nd Infantry Battalion and
4th Scout Ranger Battalion established blocking positions against the fleeing
ASG brigands.
The Joint Task Group Sulu launched the FMO targeting the
senior leaders of the ASG brigands and their foreign cohorts in the province of Sulu
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