{"id":80384,"date":"2016-08-28T08:28:15","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T12:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=80384"},"modified":"2025-01-20T17:17:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T22:17:23","slug":"19-asg-bandits-killed-scores-wounded-ongoing-anti-bandit-operations-sulu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/08\/28\/19-asg-bandits-killed-scores-wounded-ongoing-anti-bandit-operations-sulu\/","title":{"rendered":"19 ASG bandits killed, scores wounded in ongoing anti-bandit operations in Sulu"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_20750\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20750\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/sulu_patikul.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20750\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/sulu_patikul.png\" alt=\"Sixteen bandits, including ASG sub-leader Mohammad Said alias \u201cAma Maas,\u201d his son, two other sub-commanders and 12 terrorists were reported killed and scores other wounded after encountering troops from the 11th and 12th Scout Ranger Companies in Barangay Bunkaong, Patikul town, Sulu. (Photo: Mike Gonzalez\/Wikipedia)\" width=\"250\" height=\"208\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20750\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sixteen bandits, including ASG sub-leader Mohammad Said alias \u201cAma Maas,\u201d his son, two other sub-commanders and 12 terrorists were reported killed and scores other wounded after encountering troops from the 11th and 12th Scout Ranger Companies in Barangay Bunkaong, Patikul town, Sulu. (Photo: Mike Gonzalez\/<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Patikul,_Sulu\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 Ongoing \u201cfocused military operations\u201d against Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists, in wake of the brutal beheading of 18-year old Patrick Jhames Almodavar last Aug. 25, has so far killed an estimated 19 brigands and wounded several others in Sulu.<\/p>\n<p>Operations started on Friday and are still ongoing as of this posting.<\/p>\n<p>Sixteen bandits, including ASG sub-leader Mohammad Said alias \u201cAma Maas,\u201d his son, two other sub-commanders and 12 terrorists were reported killed and scores other wounded after encountering troops from the 11th and 12th Scout Ranger Companies in Barangay Bunkaong, Patikul town, Sulu last Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Clearing operations initially resulted in the recovery of six ASG bodies, including those of Said, AFP public affairs office chief Col. Edgard Arevalo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTen more bandits were reportedly killed, according to reliable intelligence informants on the ground, that included two other sub-leaders aside from alias \u2018Maas\u2019,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy levitra oral jelly online <a href=\"https:\/\/primeraeyecare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/levitra-oral-jelly.html\">https:\/\/primeraeyecare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/levitra-oral-jelly.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>ASG body count went up to 10 when four more bodies, including the son of Said, were recovered later that day.<\/p>\n<p>Arevalo said that is very likely that the remaining six ASG bandits killed were immediately buried by their companions in accordance with Muslim practice.<\/p>\n<p>In this encounter, 17 government soldiers were wounded by M-203 grenade shrapnels.<\/p>\n<p>Of this, only seven were evacuated to the nearby Camp Navarro Station Hospital where they are reported to be in stable condition; the rest opted to remain in the field to continue the operations against the bandits.<\/p>\n<p>In another encounter in Latih, Patikul around 10:15 a.m. Saturday, another three ASG terrorists were killed and M-16 automatic rifles and a M-203 grenade launcher recovered.<\/p>\n<p>In this clash an estimated 30 bandits fought with troops from the 10th Infantry Battalion.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy finasteride online <a href=\"https:\/\/primeraeyecare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/finasteride.html\">https:\/\/primeraeyecare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/finasteride.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree ASG members were killed (bodies unrecovered) but their prostrate bodies were seen by the soldiers being dragged by their escaping cohorts. Recovered from the encounter site were two M-16 rifles and an M-203 grenade launcher. No casualty from the government security forces as they pursued the fleeing bandits,\u201d Arevalo stressed.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy flexeril online <a href=\"https:\/\/primeraeyecare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/flexeril.html\">https:\/\/primeraeyecare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/flexeril.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 Ongoing \u201cfocused military operations\u201d against Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists, in wake of the brutal beheading of 18-year &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":20750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[7089,12051,12050],"class_list":["post-80384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-asg","tag-bu-sayyaf","tag-bu-sayyaf-group","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80384","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=80384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286258,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80384\/revisions\/286258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}