SECURITY forces killed on Sunday an alleged leader of a notorious kidnap-for-ranson group with ties with the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Mindanao, reports reaching Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City (Metro Manila) said.

Major Felimon Tan, spokesman of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom), said Waning Abdulsalam was killed when he resisted arrest and traded shots with elements of the Philippine Army’s 102nd Brigade and the local police.