From the Sun Star-Zamboanga (Dec 3): Troops seize Abu Sayyaf camp in Sulu
Government forces have seized a camp of a top Abu Sayyaf leader early Thursday in the hinterlands of Sulu province, a top military official said.
Brigadier General Alan Arrojado, Joint Task Group Sulu commander, said the camp was seized around 8:30 a.m. Thursday in Barangay Darayan, Patikul, hours after they shelled the encampment.
Arrojado said the camp, seized by the troops from the Army’s 32nd Infantry Battalion, belongs to the group of one-armed Abu Sayyaf leader Radulan Sahiron.
Sahiron is the oldest among the existing leaders of the Abu Sayyaf brigands based in the province of Sulu.
Arrojado said the newly-abandoned camp can accommodate around 300 people.
He said some of Sahiron's followers were wounded during the artillery shelling, as bloodstains were found in their withdrawal path toward Barangay Danag, also in Patikul.
The troops have recovered cooking utensils and parts of an AK-47 rifle, he added.
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/zamboanga/local-news/2015/12/03/troops-seize-abu-sayyaf-camp-sulu-444902
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