News on the Philippine Militant Group Abu Sayyaf

  • Sayyafs seize 4 in Sulu, Basilan
    SUSPECTED Abu Sayyaf bandits seized four people, including a government social worker, in separate occasions in the island provinces of Basilan and Sulu, officials said. Two of the four hostages were released a day after they were seized in the province of ...
  • Cops eye Abu in kidnapping of DPWH driver in Sulu
    Meanwhile, the Joint Task Force Sulu led by the Marines has deployed soldiers to track down the kidnappers who are believed to be Abu Sayyaf bandits. Local officials, together with the military and the police, were already coordinating for the possible ...
  • Suspected Abu Sayyaf men seize DSWD worker in Basilan
    MANILA, Philippines—Suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group abducted a Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) employee early Wednesday, police said. Senior Superintendent Mario Dapilloza, Basilan provincial director, identified the victim ...
  • 2 suspected Abu Sayyaf members nabbed in Marawi
    MANILA, Philippines – Two suspected Abu Sayyaf members have been arrested in Barangay Fort, Marawi City, police said Wednesday. The suspects were identified as Termije Ahmad alias "Emran Napeh" and Reneer Lou Dongon, alias "Roly Unting". The two were ...
  • 2 suspected Abu Sayyaf members arrested in Marawi — PNP
    Two suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf bandit group linked to past explosions in Iligan and Cagayan de Oro were arrested in a government operation in Marawi City over the weekend, the Philippine National Police said Monday. In a post on its Facebook page ...
  • Abu Sayyaf attack Army convoy, 6 die
    At least six Abu Sayyaf terrorists, an Army sergeant and the deputy commander of the 32nd Infantry Battalion were killed in separate gunbattles in the provinces of Basilan and Sulu on Monday, officials said. Col. Carlito Galvez, commander of the army’s ...