Police killed seven Abu Sayyaf Group fighters in a shootout in Sulu on Sunday, Feb. 5.
SEVEN Abu Sayyaf fighters were killed in an encounter with police in Sulu on Sunday, Feb. 5.
Gunmen fired at lawmen serving a warrant of arrest against murder suspect Juko Dahim at the boundary of Barangay Labah, Maimbung and Kapuk Punggol, Parang, Sulu. Col. Richard Verceles, Western Mindanao Area Police Command operations chief, identified the six other fatalities as Jimming Akjal, Malik Eron, Aldimar Kanih, Gamil Halik, Norhan Pasi, and a son of alias ‘’Eron.’’
Juko is a suspect in the ambush of Sulu police director Col. Julasirim A. Kasim on May 7, 2009 in Barangay Bato Ugis, Maimbung.
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