Five soldiers were killed Sunday when pursuing Abu Sayyaf militants in the southern Philippine province of Basilan, the military said on Monday.
Major General Ben Dolorfino, Philippine Marines commandant, said that 24 others soldiers were wounded in the clash that erupted in the morning and lasted till the evening, Philippine TV network GMA News reported.
The enemy suffered an undetermined number of casualties, Dolorfino said.
The 370-member Abu Sayyaf group, listed by the United States as a terror organization, was a major security threat in the Philippines for a string of bloody attacks it carried out in public, including the 2004 Manila Bay blast that killed more than 100 civilians.
Source:Xinhua
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