Thursday, September 1, 2016

3 Army battalions to reinforce Sulu forces in ongoing campaign against Abu Sayyaf

From the Philippine News Agency (Sep 1): 3 Army battalions to reinforce Sulu forces in ongoing campaign against Abu Sayyaf

Three more battalions are expected to arrive in Sulu province to help government forces in the ongoing campaign to eliminate the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), Philippine Army commander Lt. Gen. Eduardo Año said Thursday.

Año did not comment on whether the 63rd Infantry Battalion, which arrived in Sulu Wednesday, was among the three battalions that will reinforce military units in Sulu.The 63rd Infantry Battalion is one of the field units of the 8th Infantry Division based in Catbalogan, Samar.

As of this posting, some 5,000 soldiers were in Sulu and another 2,500 in Basilan.

About 15 troopers were killed and 12 others were wounded after military units clashed heavily with ASG bandits, headed by Radullan Sahiron, in Sitio Kan Jalul, Barangay Maligay, Patikul, Sulu last August 29.

A total of 30 terrorists were reported to have been killed during the focused military operations against the ASG which began last week.

Another 11 brigands were reported wounded in the series of clashes with government forces.

The offensive was the offshoot of the bandit group's beheading of 18-year-old Patrick Jhames Almodavar last week after his family failed to raise a PHP1 million ransom.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=919262

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