PAGADIAN CITY (Nov. 5, 2020) – Seven members of ASG-Kidnap for Ransom Group onboard the Jungkong boat were killed during the encounter by the Philippine Navy troops during the conduct of Combat operation at dawn of Tuesday along Sulare Island in Sulu sea water, WestMinCom Official disclosed.
Based on the report submitted by the acting commander of the 3rd Boat Attack Division to WestMinCom Commander Lt. Gen. Corleto Vinluan, Jr., while conducting a search and retrieval operation at 11:40 a.m. of the same day the navy troops aboard BA491 spotted the Jungkong boat used by the ASG/KFRG members.
“The boat was cut in half with only the front portion remaining afloat while the rear must have sunk during the ramming by the navy ship-BA493,” said Lt. Gen. Vinluan, Jr.
Lt. Gen. Vinluan said that the navy troops searched the remaining half of the boat and recovered the following: M4 rifles with m203, one M4A1 rifle, five backpacks with assorted items inside, two M14 long magazines, two M14 short magazines, four bandoliers, two jungle bolo, two sledgehammers, two boat paddle, two empty containers (plastic gallons), one power bank, two empty shells of m203 ammunition, and one Go Pro camera with a memory card.
Meanwhile, JTF Sulu Commander Maj. Gen. William Gonzales that the deaths of the seven ASG members onboard the Jungkong boat were idintified including Madsmar Sawadjaan, the brother of notorious bomber Mundi Sawadjaan and Mannul Sawadjaan, a.k.a. Abu Amara, believed to be the successor of Hajan Sawadjaan as the emir of the group.
“Our air,
naval, and ground troops are continuously conducting retrieval operation in the
area,” Maj. Gen. Gonzales said.
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