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Philippine marines have killed an Abu Sayyaf extremist commander and a notorious kidnapper who had sailed across the sea border into Malaysia to snatch tourists and sailors for ransom, the military chief said Saturday.
Military chief General Eduardo Ano said that Alhabsy Misaya was slain in a clash with marines late on Friday in the jungles between the towns of Indanan and Parang in Sulu province. He said Misaya’s body was identified by captured Abu Sayyaf militants.
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Misaya has been blamed for abductions of dozens of Malaysians and Indonesian hostages, including one who was beheaded.
“We consider him the most notorious kidnapper from that bandit group and this is a big setback to the Abu Sayyaf,” Ano said by telephone.

Misaya had been blamed for the abductions of dozens of Indonesian, Vietnamese and Malaysian crewmen of cargo ships and tugboats plying the busy sea border between the southern Philippines and Malaysia. He was believed to be holding several abducted Vietnamese sailors in Sulu’s jungles but the hostages were apparently not with him during the clash.
‘Major blow to Abu Sayyaf’: Philippine troops kill militant leader blamed for hostage beheadings
A kidnapped Malaysian man was beheaded by Misaya’s group in November 2015.
The Philippine military has been undertaking a major offensive against the Abu Sayyaf, which is notorious for bombings, ransom kidnappings and beheadings. The group is blacklisted as a terrorist organisation by the United States and the Philippines.


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Filipino soldiers patrol in the town of Ibanga, Bohol island, Philippines. Photo: EPA

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Armed Forces of the Philippines on April 12, 2017, shows people stand by boats which the military said were used by Abu Sayyaf militants to enter the Ibananga River in Bohol province, central Philippines, as government troopers continue clearing operations. Philippine officials said Saturday, April 15, 2017, that an investigation shows that a foiled attack on a resort island this week was a kidnapping and bombing mission by at least three nascent groups affiliated with the Islamic State group. (3rd ID, Armed Forces of the Philippines via AP, File)

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The extremist commander was slain in a clash with marines late on Friday in the jungles between the towns of Indanan and Parang in Sulu province


Filipino troops kill notorious Abu Sayyaf kidnapper Alhabsy Misaya in clash

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}The extremist commander was slain in a clash with marines late on Friday in the jungles between the towns of Indanan and Parang in Sulu province

The extremist commander was slain in a clash with marines late on Friday in the jungles between the towns of Indanan and Parang in Sulu province