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(Agence France Presse) — Four gunmen have been killed in Bohol as President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the military on Sunday to kill remnants of the Abu Sayyaf behind a foiled mass kidnapping attempt there. Authorities said the dead suspects and three others on the run were stragglers from a boatload of the gunmen who sailed to the central island of Bohol this month as part of a plot to kidnap tourists. The raid had signalled […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he had ordered government troops to “not take prisoners” once they find the members of the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf who are on the run after the incident in Inabanga, Bohol last week. “When I said to the Abu Sayyaf…they went there maybe to kidnap..And I told the Navy, if you see (them), the boat, blast them off. Do not give me prisoners. I don’t need them,” he […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday offered a P1-million bounty for each member of the Abu Sayyaf still on the loose after a recent clash with government troops in Bohol that left at least nine dead. “Ang anim na scouring, kung saan sila makalanding, I have a one million (peso) offer. Per person ako,” Duterte, who attended a security briefing in the province, told reporters. “..Ang order ko is dead or alive,” he added, […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Wednesday confirmed that a leader of the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group was killed in a firefight with the military and police in Bohol on Tuesday. AFP chief Major General Eduardo Año identified the fatality as Muammar Askali, alias Abu Rami. “(He) is a very promising leader. Para siyang si Abu Sabaya. Natatandaan niyo? Mahilig magpainterview, mahilig lumabas sa YouTube. At pinapakita niya na capable siya na subleader,” he said […]
