Monday, February 24, 2020

Military, police on alert vs. ASG new kidnap plans

From the Philippine News Agency (Feb 24, 2020): Military, police on alert vs. ASG new kidnap plans (By Teofilo Garcia, Jr.) 



ZAMBOANGA CITY --Government forces have been alerted on the reported plans of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandits to abduct more victims in Jolo, the capital of Sulu province, an official said.

Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) chief, said Monday that intelligence reports point to ASG bandits deploying fighters to stage abductions in Jolo, the trading center of the province.

“There is no specific number of ASG bandits (sent to Jolo) but we, in partnership with the police and local government unit (of Jolo) are working closely to thwart their plans,” Sobejana said.

Last February 4, the ASG bandits seized Dr. Daniel Moreno from his clinic in Barangay Walled City, Jolo. Sobejana said there is no ransom demand yet in exchange for the release of Moreno.

Sobejana said they are looking into the possibility that the Abu Sayyaf bandits abducted Moreno to treat bandit sub-leader Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan, who is suffering from tuberculosis.

“We are not letting out guards down. In fact, there was an encounter yesterday (February 23) wherein two Abu Sayyaf bandits were killed while two soldiers wounded,” he said.

He said one of two slain ASG bandit was a sub-leader who was killed in a firefight in Barangay Bakong, Patikul, Sulu. The two wounded soldiers belong to the Army’s 15th Scout Ranger Company, which is under the 4th Scout Ranger Battalion.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1094698

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