{"id":113296,"date":"2017-08-21T23:15:32","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T03:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=113296"},"modified":"2017-08-21T23:15:32","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T03:15:32","slug":"abu-sayyaf-attacks-basilan-village-6-dead-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/21\/abu-sayyaf-attacks-basilan-village-6-dead-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Abu Sayyaf attacks Basilan village: 6 dead"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ZAMBOANGA CITY \u2014 Government troops are pursuing a group of Abu Sayyaf bandits who killed six people when they attacked early Monday a village in Basilan province.<\/p>\n

A dozen others, including two children, were wounded in the attack.<\/p>\n

The attack happened at around 5:30 a.m. Monday in Barangay Tubigan, Maluso while most of the residents are still asleep, the military reported.<\/p>\n

The village of Tubigan is set to celebrate its fiesta on\u00a0 August 22.<\/p>\n

Col. Juvymax Uy, Joint Task Force Basilan commander, said troops stationed nearby immediately responded backing a handful of militiamen and Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team (BPAT) members who put up a fight against the Abu Sayyaf attackers.<\/p>\n

Uy said the Abu Sayyaf bandits withdrew towards the hinterlands upon sensing the arrival of reinforcement.<\/p>\n

Jordan Garcia, 24, said they saw a group of heavily armed gunmen clad in fatigue uniform that arrived on foot and converged at the barangay covered court before the attack.<\/p>\n

Garcia said the gunmen, which were estimated to be over a hundred, positioned themselves and opened fire towards the cluster of houses that awakened the residents, who ran for safety.<\/p>\n

The gunmen also set on fire some of the houses and the health center.<\/p>\n

Garcia said he and his driver, who died from a head shot, were loading sawn lumber into a truck for transport at the time the gunmen arrived.<\/p>\n

Garcia, who was hit in the leg, is among the 11 victims, including two children, who were transferred to a medical facility in this city after they received initial medication in Isabela City hospital.<\/p>\n

They arrived in batches aboard commercial ferry plying the Zamboanga-Basilan route via Isabela City.<\/p>\n

One of the six slain victim was identified as Reynaldo Esparcia, 50, one of the militiamen who put up a fight against the bandit-attackers.<\/p>\n

Monday\u2019s incident was the second attack in Barangay Tubigan, Maluso by the Abu Sayyaf bandits.<\/p>\n

The first attack was on February 27, 2010 by 70 Abu Sayyaf bandits, setting fire to homes and killing at least 11 people. (TPGJR\/PNA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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