Three soldiers were wounded in a clash with Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) brigands as focus military offensive (FMO) continues in the
Brig. Gen. Alan Arrojado, Joint Task Group Sulu commander,
disclosed that the clash ensued around 1:45 p.m. Monday in Barangay Liang,
Patikul municipality.
Arrojado said the clash broke out when the Alpha Company
troops of the Army’s 35th Infantry Battalion encountered at least 20 ASG
brigands while on combat mission.
Arrojado said the ASG brigands that figured in a clash with
the troops are led by Ninok Saparri, one of the brigands’ sub-leaders.
He said three soldiers assigned with the Army’s 35th
Infantry Battalion were slightly wounded when the ASG brigands fired a caliber
40 millimeter known M-203 grenade.
He said the ASG brigands fled towards Barangay Tugas,
Patikul, upon sensing the arrival of government troops’ reinforcements.
The government troops have launched FMO targeting the senior
leaders of the ASG brigands as well their foreign cohorts in Sulu.
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