Suspected Abu Sayyafs free Zambo Norte town mayor
m. Tuesday, the police official added.[]
Lim, 36, was held captive for seven months and three days. He was seized by 10 gunmen clad in camouflage pants and shirts with “pulis” markings last April 2 while he was at the town bus terminal.[]
Meanwhile, gunmen also believed to be Abu Sayyaf bandits killed a soldier and injured two others in an ambush in Basilan province, a military official said Tuesday.
Capt. Alberto Caber, spokesperson of the 1st Infantry Division, identified the slain soldier as Pfc Jalil Ahung, a well-respected
Uztadz (an Islamic teacher leading his fellow Muslim soldiers in prayer).
Wounded were Sgt. Abdulnander Bakil and Cpl. Jaime Dugasan who were airlifted to Camp Navarro General Hospital in this city.
Caber said the victims were walking home to their headquarters in Barangay Camalig, Ungkaya Pukan town, coming from their job site in Tipo-Tipo municipality when they were ambushed.
They were assigned to the 55th Engineering Battalion, which the national government deployed in Basilan to help the provincial
government in its infrastructure projects in far-flung areas considered risky for civilian contractors. (MindaNews)
