Philippine troops kill 149 ASG militants

on May 18, 2017

Lack of recent kidnaps suggest ASG kept in check.

Philippine troops kill 149 Abu Sayyaf militants

Nearly 150 ISIL-linked terrorists have been killed in the all-out offensives launched by government troops since January this year in the country’s troubled south.

In a statement on Wednesday, Lt. Gen. Carlito Galvez Jr., chief of the Western Mindanao Command, confirmed the deaths of 149 Abu Sayyaf militants in Sulu and neighboring provinces.

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Source: worldbulletin.net

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