Government forces killed 13 militants in continuing operations against the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) that killed 18 soldiers last Saturday in Basilan, the military announced yesterday. Maj. Filemon Tan, spokesman, Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom), said six other militants, including ASG commander Furuji Indama who has a multi-million peso bounty on his head, were also wounded in the clash. Tan said they received reports that Indama is in critical condition. Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla, spokesman, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), said the latest encounter occurred Sunday in Barangay Baguindan in Tipo-Tipo town, the same area where heavy fighting took place last Saturday that left 18 soldiers and five ASG gunmen dead. “Thirteen ASG bandits were reported killed in Sunday’s operations in Barangay Baguindan,” Padilla said in a press briefing at Camp Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo. No casualties were reported on the government side during the fighting that broke out in the [...]
