ZAMBOANGA CITY:  Five Abu Sayyaf terrorists were killed following a gun battle that erupted during a police raid on their hideout near Taman Sri Arjuna in Beaufort, a small town in Sabah, reports said Tuesday, but among those slain was actually captured alive, along with seven other militants a week earlier in the same area.

The official Malaysian news agency Bernama said the fighting occurred Monday at a mangrove area where police commandos and members of the elite Eastern Sabah Security Command also captured eight Abu Sayyaf terrorists and 29 other Filipinos, including women and children, during a special operation on May 8.

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