FOUR members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and one soldier were killed while another seven were wounded in separate clashes on Thursday in Patikul and Maimbung, Sulu, the military’s Western Mindanao Command (WestMinCom) said on Friday.

Lt. Col. Gerry Besana, WestMinCom spokesman, said military forces under the 45th Infantry Battalion were conducting military operations against the terrorists when they chanced upon more or less 20 Abu Sayyaf rebels in the boundary of Tanum and Llang villages in Patikul, Sulu at midnight.

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