Six members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), including sub-leader
Mohammad Said who was allegedly involved in the Samal Island
Seventeen troopers were also injured in the fighting.
The 45-minute clash took place at 6:12 a.m. in Sitio
Makaita, Barangay Bunkaong, of the said locality, said Western Mindanao Command
(WMC) spokesperson Major Filemon Tan.
Joint Task Group Sulu troops were conducting operations in
the area when they encountered an estimated 100 ASG bandits, triggering a heavy
firefight, which killed Said and five other bandits and wounded an undetermined
number.
Tan said the remains of the fallen bandits were recovered by
government troops.
Said, who is also known as "Ama", has five
standing warrants of arrest for murder.
"Subject is involved in the abduction of the Samal
kidnap victims where two Canadians were beheaded. Along with that group,
Maritess Flor was released and Norwegian Kjartan Sikkengstad is still with the
ASG," he added.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=917552
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