MANILA
(Reuters) - Philippine commandos killed 11 Islamist militants on a remote
southern island on Friday (Aug 26), an army spokesman said, stepping up the
offensive after President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated his aim to
"destroy" one of Asia's most
notorious kidnap gangs.
Major
Filemon Tan said dozens of Abu Sayyaf rebels, a small but brutal group
affiliated with Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, were also wounded in
the 45-minute gun battle in the jungle of Jolo island.
Seventeen
commandos were wounded, Major Tan said, adding the soldiers clashed with about
100 Abu Sayyaf militants holding about 20 hostages, including eight
Indonesians, five Malaysians, a Norwegian and a Dutch national.
SOURCE:straitstimes
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