Units from Joint Task Group Basilan have rescued the nine
construction workers earlier snatched by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) brigands
Monday morning at Sumisip town, Basilan province.
The nine rescued workers were among the 11 workers of the
MACE construction firm the Abu Sayyaf brigands seized shortly after 8 a.m.
Monday in Barangay Upper Benembengan, this town.
Supt. Oscar Nantes
1st Lt. Sally Magno, Joint Task Group Basilan public affairs
office chief, said the rescue took place at 4:40 p.m. at the far-flung area of
Barangay Kaumpamatsake, also in Sumisip.
She said that the rescue was conducted by elements of Marine
Landing Battalion Team 11 and the 64th Infantry Battalion.
Col. Rolando Joselito Bautista, Joint Task Group Basilan
commander, said the nine workers were rescued around 4:40 p.m. Monday in
Barangay Kaumpamatsaken as combined Army and Marine forces continue to pursue
the Abu Sayyaf brigands.
Bautista said the continuous pursuit operations pressured
the Abu Sayyaf brigands led by Juhaibel Alamsirul alias "Abu Kik" to
abandon the hostages to avoid being trapped by the pursuing troops.
He said the rescued victims were immediately taken to the
headquarters of the Army’s 64th Infantry Battalion for medical check-up and
debriefing.
The construction workers were aboard a truck on the way to
their worksite when the Abu Sayyaf brigands waylaid and seized them.
The MACE Construction firm that is undertaking government
projects--roads and bridges--in this municipality.
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