After suffering a series of setbacks in the hands of the military, the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group retaliated against hapless civilians in a village in Basilan on Saturday, leaving 12 people dead and 10 injured during the dawn attack.
About 70 Abu Sayyaf gunmen backed by rogue elements of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front fired grenade launchers and automatic rifles on houses while residents were asleep in Tubigan, Maluso town, police and military officials said.
A government-armed militiaman and 11 civilians were killed. “They spared no one, not even the children,” deputy police commander Sonny David said.
Westmincom chief Lt. Gen. Ben Dolorfino said Abu Sayyaf commander Furuji Indama was responsible for the raid.
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