[Straits Times] AN ISLAMIC militant was killed and another captured in the restive southern Philippines, the military said on Saturday. Marine troops attacked a jungle hideout of the Abu Sayyaf militant group near Tipo-Tipo town on Basilan island on Friday, killing a suspect and capturing another, said Captain Neil Estrella, spokesman for a counter-terrorist task force based in this city.
The raid led to the capture of Kamsa Limaya, accused by police of being behind the abduction of two female hostages last year. The two victims were freed unharmed after two months of captivity. One of the fleeing gunmen was shot dead in a firefight with the troops, Mr Estrella told reporters.
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