ZAMBOANGA CITY—A senior leader of homegrown terror group Abu Sayyaf was killed while two members of the police’s Special Action Force (SAF) were wounded in a clash in the town of Lantawan, Basilan province on Friday (April 23).
Lt. Gen. Corleto Vinluan Jr., Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom) chief, said soldiers and policemen were serving arrest warrants on three persons at the village of Baungis early on Friday when the subjects resisted, leading to a gunfight.
Vinluan identified the slain Abu Sayyaf member as Poloy Hallang, also known as Commander Heck. The identities of the two SAF policemen were withheld.
Hallang’s brothers, Ronnie and Amil, were also targets of the oper…
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