A team of marine and police troopers killed an Abu Sayyaf sub-leader, who was reportedly an explosives expert, in a clash in the hinterlands of Sulu on Wednesday, a top military official said.
Rear Admiral Rene Medina, Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM) commander, said the clash broke out when the troops spotted a group of Abu Sayyaf bandits while conducting joint law enforcement operation in Barangay Latih, Patikul, Sulu.
Medina said the clash resulted in the death of an Abu Sayyaf sub-leader identified as Abdul Ajim Abdulgani alias Suraka Ingog.
Medina said Abdulgani was part of an ASG group headed by the late Muamar Askali alias Abu Rami.
Askali was killed in April 2017 in a clash with government troops in Bohol. They were in Bohol to kidnap tourists.
Medina said the troops recovered from the clash site a caliber .45 pistol with ammunition, ammunition for M-14 and PHP2,241 cash.
He said the remains of Abdulgani was brought to the Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) for medico-legal examination and later taken to the Camp General Teodulfo Bautista Hospital.
“The neutralization of this ASG sub-leader was a result of the commitment and continued monitoring activity of the government troops in the Western Mindanao Area of Responsibility,” he said.
“The public is assured that the AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) particularly the Fleet-Marine troops will continue to exercise vigilance in the ZamBaSulTa (Zamboanga, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi) areas to pre-empt any activities brought by the Abu Sayyaf Group and other lawless terrorist groups that threaten the peace, stability and development in the area,” he added.
The military said offensives will continue against the ASG bandits until all hostages are freed. The group is still holding captives, including three Indonesians, a Vietnamese, a Dutch, and five Filipinos.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1044931
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