Units from Joint Task Force Tawi-Tawi and their police counterparts have shot and killed Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) sub-leader Buchoy Hassan (Photo: canadianinquirer.net)Hanoi (VNA) – The Philippine military announced that a notorious sub-leaderof the Abu Sayyaf insurgent group was killed in the northern province ofTawi-Tawi on March 14.
According to the military’s announcement, BuchoyHassan, also known as Black or Bocoi, was killed during an operationlaunched by the Tawi – Tawi Joint Task Force and police at his residence inBarangay Panglima Alari in Sitangkai. The soldiers also seized one M16 rifle,five speedboats and several outboard motors in the operation.
Hassan, 48, had been wanted in Malaysia for hisinvolvement in the kidnapping of a Chinese citizen at the Pom Pom island resortin Sabah in November 2013. He reportedly recruited cohorts and acquired severalspeedboats to sustain his illegal activities and became a key facilitator inthe illegal drugs trade in Tawi-Tawi.
Major General Carlito Galvez Jr., Commander ofthe Western Mindanao Command, said the military is continuously assisting thepolice and law enforcement agencies in expediting other notorious members ofthe kidnap for ransom group and preventing kidnapping attempts in the province.
He also urged local leaders and communities toreport whereabouts of outlaws, especially Abu Sayyaf members, to competentauthorities.
In February, Abu Sayyaf members killed JurgenKantner, a 70-year-old German hostage abducted in the southern Philippines,after their demand for ransom was not met.
Philippine PresidentRodrigo Duterte requested the military to stage an operation to track down 500Abu Sayyaf gunmen in the southern provinces of Sula and Basilan.-VNA
According to the military’s announcement, BuchoyHassan, also known as Black or Bocoi, was killed during an operationlaunched by the Tawi – Tawi Joint Task Force and police at his residence inBarangay Panglima Alari in Sitangkai. The soldiers also seized one M16 rifle,five speedboats and several outboard motors in the operation.
Hassan, 48, had been wanted in Malaysia for hisinvolvement in the kidnapping of a Chinese citizen at the Pom Pom island resortin Sabah in November 2013. He reportedly recruited cohorts and acquired severalspeedboats to sustain his illegal activities and became a key facilitator inthe illegal drugs trade in Tawi-Tawi.
Major General Carlito Galvez Jr., Commander ofthe Western Mindanao Command, said the military is continuously assisting thepolice and law enforcement agencies in expediting other notorious members ofthe kidnap for ransom group and preventing kidnapping attempts in the province.
He also urged local leaders and communities toreport whereabouts of outlaws, especially Abu Sayyaf members, to competentauthorities.
In February, Abu Sayyaf members killed JurgenKantner, a 70-year-old German hostage abducted in the southern Philippines,after their demand for ransom was not met.
Philippine PresidentRodrigo Duterte requested the military to stage an operation to track down 500Abu Sayyaf gunmen in the southern provinces of Sula and Basilan.-VNA
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