Security forces killed a notorious sub-leader of the pro-ISIS militant group Abu Sayyaf in an operation launched Wednesday in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, officials said.
A military photo released to the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner shows an undated photo of Abu Sayyaf sub-leader Abdul Ajim Abdulgani alias Suraka Ingog who is killed by security forces on August 15, 2018 in Sulu province.
Ensign Jesca May Viduya, of the Philippine Navy, said Marines and police commandos, mounted the operation in Latih village in Patikul town where they killed Abdul Ajim Abdulgani alias Suraka Ingog.
She said Ingog was under militant leader Muamar Askali, who was also slain in a firefight with military forces in April last year. The operation was led by Philippine Marine Ready Force–Sulu under Col. Arnel Tolato.
“Abdulgani’s death was due to the intensive conduct of focused military operation and joint law enforcement of the military and police,” Viduya said, adding, troops also recovered from the slain militant commander his .45-caliber pistol and ammunition.
Viduya did not disclose details of the military operation, but said the body of Abdulgani was brought to hospital in the capital town of Jolo.
Rear Admiral Rene Medina, chief of naval forces in Western Mindanao, praised the successful anti-terror operation and said the killing of Abdulgani was “a result of the commitment and continued monitoring activity of government troops in the Western Mindanao.”
“The public is assured that the Armed Forces, particularly the Fleet-Marine troops, will continue to exercise vigilance in Zamboanga, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi area to pre-empt any activities brought by the Abu Sayyaf and other lawless terrorist groups that threaten the peace, stability and development in the region,” Medina said.
Military operations against the Abu Sayyaf still continue in Sulu, one of 5 provinces under the Muslim autonomous region.
The Western Mindanao Command also said that 5 Abu Sayyaf fighters, including a sub-leader, surrendered to the military on Wednesday and that the group handed over four M1 rifles to the Marine Battalion Landing Team-1 under the Joint Task Force-Sulu.
The five have identified as sub-leader Ali Hassan, Omar Innol, Simal Alam, Kimbo Alam and Hayudini Amil, who is an expert in improvised explosives, said Lt. Gen. Arnel dela Vega, chief of the Western Mindanao Command. “They are currently undergoing medical check-up and custodial debriefing at the Camp Teodulfo Bautista Station Hospital in Jolo,” he said.
Dela Vega said the surrender was facilitated by the Marines under Lt. Col. Stephen Cabanlet and the 52nd Special Action Company of the Philippine National Police.
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