From the Philippine News Agency (Feb 15, 2019): 4 Abu Sayyaf killed, 5 hurt in Sulu pursuit operations
Four Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists were killed while five others were wounded as troops launched pursuit operations against them in the province of Sulu, a top military official said Friday.
The operation was launched following a 20-minute firefight between troops from the Army’s 6th Special Forces Battalion and the ASG group around 11:30 a.m. Thursday in Barangay Igasan, Patikul, Sulu.
Brig. Gen. Divino Rey Pabayo, Joint Task Force Sulu commander, said that another firefight ensued as the troops caught with the group of Monde Sawadjaan while they were fleeing from the first encounter site.
Pabayo said Sawadjaan, is the nephew of Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan, one of the ASG leaders based in the province of Sulu.
Pabayo said they received an intelligence report showing that two of the four ASG members died instantaneously while the other two expired due to loss of blood.
He said that five other followers of Sawadjaan were wounded during the second firefight.
A soldier was killed while three others were wounded in the first encounter.
The firefight happened when the troops chanced the group of Monde Sawadjaan while on a focused military operation in Barangay Igasan, Patikul.
The Joint Task Forces Sulu launched the focused military operations following orders from President Rodrigo Duterte to pursue the ASG terrorists behind the January 27 double bombing of the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in Jolo, Sulu.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1062042
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