BREAKING: Eleven soldiers were killed in a firefight with bandits in Patikul, Sulu on Friday, authorities said.
Lieutenant General Cirilito Sobejana, chief of the military's Western Mindanao Command, said 14 other soldiers were wounded after an hour-long gunbattle with the Abu Sayyaf at Sitio Bud Lubong, Barangay Danag at around 3 p.m.Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesperson Brig. Gen. Edgard Arevalo told CNN Philippines there was an undetermined number of enemy casualty.Patikul town is a known lair of the Abu Sayyaf, which is notorious for kidnap-for-ransom activities.
The firefight happens while the country is addressing the coronavirus pandemic, with some of the police and military deployed in checkpoints enforcing lockdown guidelines "The WestMinCom's Joint Task Forces nevertheless sustain their security operations while they take the lead in the strict enforcement of the quarantine in Mindanao," the Wesmincom said in a statement.
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