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PATIKUL, Sulu – Two alleged members of the Abu Sayyaf group were killed and two others wounded in a clash with government troops on Thursday morning.
The shooting took place in the midst of intensive offensives by the government against those responsible for the double murderous attack perpetrated in Jolo Cathedral on January 27, leaving 23 dead and more than 100 wounded.
The command of Western Mindanao said that soldiers of the 41st Infantry Battalion of the Philippine army had met at least 8 bandits while they were conducting pursuit operations at Sitio Tubig Amu in the village of Tanum.
Two bandits who have not yet been identified were killed during a brief fight.
According to intelligence sources, at least two other bandits were seriously injured during the clash.
Soldiers and Abu Sayyaf members clashed on February 2 also in the town of Patikul as part of an operation to arrest Hajan Sawadjaan, a suspected Abu Sayyaf leader. to be at the origin of the Jolo bombings.
Five soldiers and three bandits, including an Abu Sayyaf leader called Black Moro, were killed during the shooting.
The authorities said that Abu Sayyaf had helped Indonesian suicide bombers behind the twin bombings.
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