ZAMBOANGA CITY: Police in the Muslim autonomous region have linked both the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and the former rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in a deadly attack against a convoy of security forces escorting a town vice mayor in the southern province of Basilan.

The revelation came out days after the MILF surrendered, on August 17, two of its fighters who were involved in the August 12 ambush of Vice Mayor Ahmadin Barahim in Unkaya Pukan town's Ulitan village. Barahim was unhurt in the attack, but two security personnel were killed and seven other soldiers were wounded in the attack.

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