ZAMBOANGA CITY – A member of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) was killed in a firefight with police in Sulu on Friday, Oct. 14.
ABU Sayyaf kidnap-for-ransom suspect Alal Jil Ismin Jupakkal was pronounced dead at the Sulu Provincial Hospital in Jolo, Sulu after a shootout with police in Sulu on Friday,
A man arrested for illegal possession of firearms in this city on Saturday turned out to be an Abu Sayyaf bandit tagged in the ambush and killing of a police official in Sulu 13 years ago.
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Major Gen. William Gonzales, commander of Joint Task Force Sulu, identified the surrendered ASG men as alias “Ladi,” 16; alias “Sarman,” 19; Mannan Hajan Illah, 26; Abduhail Indanan Marajul alias “Abu Umair,” 34; and Asad Jalali, 64.
Gonzales said that Ladi belonged to the command of slain ASG commander Hadjan Sawadjaan. Meanwhile, Sarman served under the command of sub-leader Apoh Mike; Illah was under the command of sub-leader Albader Parrad; Marajul came from sub-leader Yasser Igasan’s command, and Jalali was recruited into sub-leader Doctor Abu’s command.
Gonzales said that based on the revelations of some of the ASG who surrendered to the government, the apparent lack of education and spiritual guidance in the community played a big role why they were duped of joining the ASG.
Myanmar forces kill over 100 in deadliest day since coup
Online news site Myanmar Now says the killings were spread over more than two dozen cities and towns
Multiple diplomatic missions to Myanmar condemned the carnage, which has exceeded 440 since security forces started killing protesters
Updated 28 March 2021
March 27, 2021 07:48
YANGON: As Myanmar’s military celebrated the annual Armed Forces Day holiday with a parade Saturday in the country’s capital, soldiers and police elsewhere killed scores of people while suppressing protests in the deadliest bloodletting since last month’s coup.
The online news site Myanmar Now reported late Saturday that the death toll had reached 114. A count issued by an independent researcher in Yangon who has been compiling near-real time death tolls put the total at 107, spread over more than two dozen cities and towns. That’s more than the previous high on March 14, which ranged from 74 to 90.