An army officer has been killed and three others wounded in a clash with a group of armed men believed to be Abu Sayyaf rebels in the southern Philippine island of Basilan, the military said. Soldiers on routine patrol came under fire from a huge suspected Abu Sayyaf unit near the town of Sumisip on Sunday, the military said. A junior army officer leading the patrol was killed on the spot, while two soldiers and a pro-government militiaman accompanying them were seriously wounded in the hour-long battle.
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