| Submit your comments on this article |
| Southeast Asia |
| Indonesian Captive of Abu Sayyaf Militants Killed in Southern Philippine Clash |
| 2020-10-10 |
| 2020-09-30 [BenarNews] One of five Indonesian fishermen held captive for eight months by the Abu Sayyaf ...also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya, an Islamist terror group based in Jolo, Basilan and Zamboanga. Since its inception in the early 1990s, the group has carried out bombings, kidnappings, murders, head choppings, and extortion in their uniquely Islamic attempt to set up an independent Moslem province in the Philippines. Abu Sayyaf forces probably number less than 300 cadres. The group is closely allied with remnants of Indonesia's Jemaah Islamiya and has loose ties with MILF and MNLF who sometimes provide cannon fodder... Group was killed during a shootout between government troops and Death Eaters in the southern Philippines, officials in both countries confirmed Wednesday. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |