A notorious Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) leader and one of his
followers were killed while three government troopers were wounded during an
encounter at Lower Sinangkapan , Tuburan,
Basilan early Sunday morning.
Capt. Sally Magno, Joint Task Group Basilan spokesperson,
said the clash took place at 4 a.m. between ASG bandits headed by Abdulhasan
Yusop Sanajalun, alias "Bullet," and JTGB and Lamitan City Police
operatives.
The encounter stemmed from efforts to serve arrest warrants
against Sanajalun in Campo Dos, Colonia, Lamitan City
Magno said the joint military-police team was fired upon by
undetermined gunmen.
"Immediately, the organized inter-agency task group
conducted pursuit operation with the support of the local government unit (LGU)
of Tuburan to track down the perpetrators until they were pinned down in Lower
Sinangkapan, Tuburan, Basilan," she added.
The gun battle lasted for 30 minutes and resulted in the
death of Sanajalun and a follower identified as Halid Calbie.
Recovered from the encounter site were an M-653 Armalite
rifle, a .45 caliber pistol, several improvised explosive devices (IEDs), hand
grenades, air gun, magazines with live ammunition, cellphones and personal
belongings.
Magno said three soldiers were wounded in the firefight.
Sanajalun, also known as Rhey Cuebas Santos, Arjan Y. Sapii,
Abdulhasaan Tannajul and Bullet, had existing warrants of arrest for the cases
of kidnapping and serious illegal detention with ransom issued by the Regional
Trial Court Branch 16, Zamboanga City.
The military said the slain ASG leader, a well-known ASG
bandit and leader of an affiliate terrorist group known as "Anak
Yatim"(Orphans of ASG Martyrs), was involved in the series of killings of
military and police personnel, retailers and foreign nationals.
His group is also engaged in extortion with intimidation of
IED bombing and the kidnapping of three employees of a construction firm in
Barangay Cadayan, Akbar town, sometime in January of this year.
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