Two more members of the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) were killed and three others were wounded in renewed clashes with government troops in Sulu on Wednesday. The slain Abu Sayyaf fighters were reportedly followers of Alhabsy Misaya, one of the group’s sub-leaders tagged as behind ransom kidnappings in Sabah, Malaysia. The fighting came a day after suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen snatched a Malaysian fisherman in Sabah whose abduction Malaysian authorities have confirmed. On Tuesday, Army troops also killed two notorious Abu Sayyaf members – the brothers Nixon and Brown Muktadil – tagged as behind cross-border kidnappings in the rich Malaysian state of Sabah. The military said the killing of the Muktadil brothers was a big blow to the Abu Sayyaf because the duo served as guides and navigators in its kidnapping activities in Sabah.

Source: Manila Times September 28, 2016 13:51 UTC