Philippines exerts effort to free foreign captives
Philippine soldiers have killed at least 10 Islamic State-linked Abu Sayyaf militants in an attempt to rescue foreign captives, including Vietnamese, held in southern Jolo Island, Sulu province.
One of Malaysian captives freed by Philippine troops on March 23 (Source: EPA/VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Philippine soldiers have killed at least 10 IslamicState-linked Abu Sayyaf militants in an attempt to rescue foreign captives,including Vietnamese, held in southern Jolo Island, Sulu province.
Major-General Carlito Galvez, military commander of western Mindanao said onApril 3 that 32 Philippine soldiers were wounded in an assault the previous dayon a hideout of the rebel group in Talipao town, where the militants werebelieved to be holding six Vietnamese captives.
Philippine troops clashed for more than an hour with about 100 AbuSayyaf rebels led by Radullan Sahiron, a one-armed militant leader who figureson the US State Department's wanted list, with a 1-million-USD bounty, Galvezsaid.
Last month, five Malaysians were freed on Jolo and two Filipino sailorswere rescued on nearby Basilan Island by Philippine soldiers.
Established in the 1990s, the Abu Sayyaf rebel group includes about 400 militantsoperating in the Southern Philippines. It is notorious for kidnapping, bombattacks and executing hostages.-VNA
A leader of the Philippine Islamic militant group Abu Sayyaf - Abraham Hamid - was killed by Malaysian security forces during a gun fight offshore Sabah state, Borneo island of Malaysia, on December 10.
Philippine Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has said that the country received intelligence that shows closer links between domestic militants and the self-claimed Islamic State (IS) group.
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Philippine navy troops on March 23 successfully rescued two Malaysians held hostage by Islamic State-linked Abu Sayyaf militant group for eight months in the waters off the southern Philippines.
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One of Malaysian captives freed by Philippine troops on March 23 (Source: EPA/VNA) 
