{"id":137728,"date":"2017-12-09T21:22:56","date_gmt":"2017-12-10T02:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=137728"},"modified":"2017-12-09T21:22:56","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T02:22:56","slug":"troops-kill-3-abu-sayyaf-men-in-sulu-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/12\/09\/troops-kill-3-abu-sayyaf-men-in-sulu-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Troops kill 3 Abu Sayyaf men in Sulu clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_129948\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-129948\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/background-1759447_960_720.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-129948\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/background-1759447_960_720.jpg\" alt=\"Sobejana said the firefight lasted for about 10 minutes after which the ASG members fled to different directions leaving behind their slain comrades. (Pixabay photo) \" width=\"960\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/background-1759447_960_720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/background-1759447_960_720-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/background-1759447_960_720-768x547.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-129948\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sobejana said the firefight lasted for about 10 minutes after which the ASG members fled to different directions leaving behind their slain comrades.<a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/background-blood-blood-stain-1759447\/\"> (Pixabay photo)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>ZAMBOANGA CITY\u2014 Pursuing government forces killed three Abu Sayyaf bandits and recovered two firearms in a clash in the hinterlands of Sulu, a top military official said Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Brig. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, Joint Task Force Sulu commander, said the clash happened at around 2:30 p.m. Friday at Sitio Buling-Buling, Barangay Su-uh, Old Panamao town.<\/p>\n<p>Sobejana disclosed the troops were on combat patrol when they clashed with 20 Abu Sayyaf bandits led by Radullan Sahiron.<\/p>\n<p>Sahiron, known as the one-armed bandit leader, is the oldest among the remaining leaders of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).<\/p>\n<p>Sobejana said the firefight lasted for about 10 minutes after which the ASG members fled to different directions leaving behind their slain comrades.<\/p>\n<p>He identified them as the following: Peping Jamalul, brother-in-law of Sahiron; Aldi Abtahi, son of ASG sub-leader Amlon; and, Nelson Rajak.<\/p>\n<p>He said the remains of the slain ASG members were turned over to the barangay officials for proper disposition.<\/p>\n<p>He said the troops have recovered from the clash site one M-16 Armalite rifle and one caliber .45 pistol with ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe attributed the latest combat success against this notorious Abu Sayyaf Group to the local government unit and residents of Panamao who pinpointed their location,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful not just to them but to all peace-loving Tausugs who are positively responding to our call to end terrorism in Sulu,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He added that they will be able to neutralize the remaining ASG members and attain peace which is the key to development with the active support of the peace-loving residents of the province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZAMBOANGA CITY\u2014 Pursuing government forces killed three Abu Sayyaf bandits and recovered two firearms in a clash in the hinterlands &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":129948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[37910,37911,37909],"class_list":["post-137728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","tag-government-forces-killed-three-abu-sayyaf-bandits","tag-recovered-two-firearms","tag-troops-kill-3-abu-sayyaf-men-in-sulu-clash","mauthors-teofilo-garcia-jr","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}