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Philippine militants kill seven loggers

Islamist militants in the southern Philippines have killed seven local loggers they kidnapped last week, said the Philippine police said on July 31.
Philippine militants kill seven loggers ảnh 1Philippine militants in Mindanao (Source: AFP/VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Islamistmilitants in the southern Philippines have killed seven local loggers theykidnapped last week, said the Philippine police said on July 31.

The bodies of the loggers werefound on July 30 in a mountainous village on the island of Basilan.

Local police blamed the killingson a faction of the Abu Sayyaf kidnap-for-ransom group based there. However,the cause was reportedly due to a local business row rather than for its typicalransom activities.

One faction based on Basilan haspledged allegiance to the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS), with membersamong militants who have been occupying parts of Marawi city on the southernisland of Mindanao since May.

Abu Sayyaf militants are holdingmore than 20 hostages, including several foreigners, on Basilan and another oftheir bases on Sulu island.

Philippine President RodrigoDuterte placed the whole Mindanao region under martial law within 60 days sinceMay 23, prompted by IS-linked gunmen’s occupation of Marawi city that led toclashes killing 500 people.

Recently, the martial law hasbeen extended till this year’s end to make it easier for security forces tosweep terrorists out of the south.-VNA
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