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Sumisip, Basilan (File photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Two suspected Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members were killed while nine others were wounded in clashes with government troops in Basilan province on Saturday, a top military official disclosed. Brig. Gen. Domingo Gobway, Joint Task Force-Basilan commander, said in a text message that the clash broke out around 7:31 a.m. in Barangay Sukaten, Sumisip town, and continued sporadically. The Western Mindanao Command said in a separate text message that the firefight was ongoing as of this writing. Gobway said four of the nine wounded are troopers of the 64th Infantry Battalion (IB) while the other five are followers of the slain ASG leader Radzmil Janatul (alias Abu Khubayb). Three soldiers were wounded in the first clash and another one was injured in the second firefight that occurred several minutes later. Gobway said the first clash ensued as the followers of Janatul opened fire while government forces were checking the reported presence of a &q ....
ZAMBOANGA CITY - A leader of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) was killed in a clash with Scout Ranger troopers in Basilan province, a top military official announced Saturday. Brig. Gen. Domingo Gobway, Joint Task Force (JTF)-Basilan commander, identified the slain ASG leader as Razmil Jannatul alias Abu Khubayb. Gobway said Jannatul was killed in a clash Friday afternoon in Sitio Center, Barangay Baiwas in Sumisip town, Basilan. Gobway said the troops of the 5th Scout Ranger Battalion were on combat operation when they clashed with a group of ASG bandits led by Jannatul. He said the firefight lasted for around 15 minutes before the rest of the ASG bandits fled, leaving behind their slain comrade. "While scouring the encounter site, troops recovered the dead body of the ASG personality who was positively identified as Jannatul," Gobway said. Jannatul was a notorious Basilan-based ASG sub-leader who replaced Furuji Indama as the top leader of the group following the latter's dea ....