Philippine Navy (PN) units are now blocking strategic areas
of Sulu to prevent Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) sympathizers from resupplying and
reinforcing their beleaguered comrades in the island.
This was stressed by AFP public affairs office chief Col.
Edgard Arevalo in a press briefing Monday.
"While not sufficient large to support (all its
commitment) it has sufficient assets to (carry out) the operation," he
added.
PN units are also tasked to prevent ASG terrorists from
escaping from their Sulu enclaves which are now under heavy military pressure.
During Monday's briefing, Arevalo said total ASG bandits in
Sulu and Tawi-Tawi are placed at 481 fighters.
However, they do not have exact figures on the bandit
group's sympathizers, supporters or operatives recruited through dubious means.
Total number of ASG bandits killed in the ongoing focused
military operations in Sulu are placed at 25 along with undetermined number of
wounded.
While military losses were placed at 15 killed and 12
wounded.
Operations against the bandits started last Aug. 26 after
the terrorists brutally beheaded 18-year-old Patrick Jhames Almodavar last Aug.
25.
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