Philippine police kill an Abu Sayyaf militant implicated in 15 beheadings and other atrocities
Time:2024-04-26 23:51:11 Source:entertainmentViews(143)
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine forces killed an Abu Sayyaf militant, who had been implicated in past beheadings, including of 10 Filipino marines and two kidnapped Vietnamese, in a clash in the south, police officials said Friday.
Philippine police, backed by military intelligence agents, killed Nawapi Abdulsaid in a brief gunbattle Wednesday night in the remote coastal town of Hadji Mohammad Ajul on Basilan island after weeks of surveillance, security officials said.
Abu Sayyaf is a small but violent armed Muslim group, which has been blacklisted by the United States and the Philippines as a terrorist organization for ransom kidnappings, beheadings, bombings and other bloody attacks.
It has been considerably weakened by battle setbacks, surrenders and infighting, but remains a security threat particularly in the southern Philippines, home to minority Muslims in the predominantly Roman Catholic nation.
You may also like
- Ravens pick Clemson CB Nate Wiggins in the first round, adding depth and speed to their secondary
- Judge declines to delay Trump hush money trial over publicity complaints
- Israel hits Gaza's Rafah; Hamas chief's trip raises truce hopes
- Houthis say they fired at two ships in Red Sea, damaging both
- Chelsea receive welcome boost as Cole Palmer trains with his team
- DOC spent nearly $500,000 to kill one stoat in Fiordland
- Roger William ‘living man’ Blake’s jail term over Covid ‘cure’ converted to home detention
- Labour defends roadside drug testing legislation
- Eminem announces his 12th studio album The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grace) with a true