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Philippine troops kill Abu Sayyaf leader, rescue Indonesian hostages

Published 03/21/2021, 03:20 PM
Updated 03/21/2021, 03:30 PM

MANILA, March 21 (Reuters) - Philippine troops have killed a
leader of the Abu Sayyaf kidnap-for-ransom group and rescued
four Indonesian hostages held since last year, the military said
on Sunday.
Majan Sahidjuan, alias Apo Mike, was severely wounded in a
gunbattle with the marines on Saturday night in Languyan town in
southern Tawi-Tawi province, and later died, said Lieutenant
General Corleto Vinluan Jr.
He described Sahidjuan as the mastermind in several
kidnappings by Abu Sayyaf, which is based in Sulu and has also
been involved in bomb attacks and piracy for decades. Since
2014, it has proclaimed allegiance to the Islamic State group.
"We are happy that all the hostages are safe now and we are
also able to neutralize the notorious 'Apo Mike' and two of his
comrades," said Vinluan, commander of the military's Western
Mindanao Command.
Sahidjuan was among five Abu Sayyaf militants who went to
Tawi-Tawi by boat from Sulu, with their four Indonesian kidnap
victims last Thursday.
Their boat capsized after it was battered by big waves,
giving government troops the chance to rescue three of the four
hostages - Arizal Kasta Miran, 30; Arsad Bin Dahlan, 41; and
Andi Riswanto, 26.
The fourth, 15-year-old Mohd Khairuldin, was found by
government troops in the same village where the gunbattle took
place.
The four hostages were among five Indonesians kidnapped by
the Abu Sayyaf on Jan. 17 last year off Tambisan in Malaysia.
One of the five was killed while trying to escape.



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