7 Sayyaf men surrender in Sulu
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines — Seven Abu Sayyaf bandits have surrendered in Sulu.
Musoy Elani, Tayong Bahala and Muknan Basir yielded to soldiers of the 2nd Special Forces Battalion (SFB) on Pata island on Monday.
Aldin Hadil Akmad, 25; Willing Ibba Jaabal, 45; Ijal Samsain Sadjal, 25; and Emar Ladjar Udjah, 17, surrendered to Lt. Col. Jesse Montoya in Barangay Likod Pata also in Pata town on Saturday night.
Brig. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, Joint Task Force Sulu commander, said the bandits turned over six high-powered firearms and a hand gun.
Sobejana said the surrenderees were followers of slain Abu Sayyaf leader Alhabsy Misaya. “They decided to surrender due to continuous military operations in Sulu,” he said.
A total of 107 bandits have surrendered, 122 killed and 74 arrested since January.
Sobejana said search and rescue operations for the remaining Abu Sayyaf hostages – six Vietnamese, five Indonesians, a Dutch man and four Filipinos – are ongoing.
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