Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 11) — Police and military clashed with suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in the central Philippine island province of Bohol.

Ten people have been killed in the shootout between the bandits and joint military and police forces in the town of Inabanga, authorities said on Wednesday.

Six of those killed were suspected Abu Sayyaf while four others were government troops — one from the Philippine National Police (PNP), and three from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Eduardo Año in a statement relayed by Army spokesperson Brigadier General Restituto Padilla, said the Army encountered a group of "heavily-armed lawless elements" in Barangay Napo, Inabanga, Bohol.

Año said residents reported 10 armed men aboard three pump boats disembarked at the Inabanga river on Monday night. The river is one of the area's tourist sites.

Inabanga is 71 kilometers north of the provincial capital of Tagbilaran, and 93 kilometers north of the popular resort island of Panglao.

"Security forces reported that the armed group is well armed with heavy caliber weapons but now cornered in an isolated section of the sitio," he said.

Dela Rosa said the armed men may be members of the Abu Sayyaf because of how they operated: arriving in the area aboard boats.

"Kung NPA 'yan [if it's NPA], by land. So most likely Abu Sayyaf. As of now, suspected pa lang," he said. The New People's Army (NPA) is the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).

The PNP chief also said if they can confirm the armed men are members of the Abu Sayyaf, the bandits' goal is to execute kidnappings in the area.

"Kung ma-confirm na Abu Sayyaf, confirmed na ang purpose nila is mangidnap sa Cebu, sa Bohol then that's it," he said.

[Translation: If we can confirm it is the Abu Sayyaf, their purpose is to carry out kidnappings in Cebu and Bohol.

Año said additional Army, Air Force, and Navy personnel were brought in to contain the firefight.

This comes following a U.S. Embassy warning to its citizens against travel in central Visayas — including Bohol — due to an "unsubstantiated yet credible information" of terror threat in the area.

CNN Philippines' Gerg Cahiles, David Santos, and Lara Tan contributed to this report.</s>The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday claimed victory in the clash of government forces with the terror Abu Sayyaf Group in Bohol, saying the military was “gaining important headway” in its fight against the notorious militants.

In a press briefing, AFP chief of staff Gen. Eduardo Año said government troops “successfully thwarted” the Abu Sayyaf members in the tourist island who are “now running for their lives,” as he lauded the slain soldiers and policeman and expressed condolences to their families.

“I congratulate our troops and law enforcers for a job well done. I also pass on our sincerest condolences to families of our soldiers. We mourn the loss of our member of the uniformed services including a very young officer… May this be a fine example of bayanihan in a true example of the word,” Año said.

“We are gaining important headway in our fight with the Abu Sayyaf Group… We assess that they are no longer threats to the citizens there, and we can say that the community in Inabanga, Bohol is already back to normal. Our main campaign to decimate the Abu Sayyaf will continue and it is making headway,” he said, adding that the military was expecting more Abu Sayyaf members to surrender after 11 “notorious” members conceded in Tawi-Tawi on Tuesday.

The firefight in Sitio Ilaya, in the remote village of Napo left six suspected Abu Sayyaf members dead, including top leader and sub-commander Muamar Askali alias “Abu Rami” who was also involved in the beheading of two Canadians and a German hostage in Samal Island. On the government side, three soldiers and one policeman were killed.

The AFP chief said bandits under the custody of the military positively identified Abu Rami, whom Año described as a “young, aggressive, and potential up and coming leader” of the Abu Sayyaf Group.

Año said clearing operations were still ongoing in the area to ensure the safety of residents in the community, adding that they requested the Philippine National Police-Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) to conduct a clean sweep of the clash site. He said four high-powered firearms had been recovered from the scene.

More than 24 hours since the clash started, government security forces have cordoned off the village some 10 kilometers from the national highway as Special Action Force troopers from Manila arrived in the area. The last airstrike occurred at 4:40 a.m. Wednesday, authorities said.

READ: More troops sent to flush out Abu Sayyaf in Bohol

Año said the AFP on the night of April 10 received reports from local civilians on the presence of three pumpboats loaded with armed men in the remote coastal village. He said the military monitored a plan for kidnapping through its intelligence operations.

The military chief also disclosed that the bandits had local contacts from the community, which he said was now the subject of an investigation.

“Abu Sayyaf’s main business is to kidnap tourists. It’s their livelihood. If you look at past kidnappings… we monitored several plans and we shared that with our foreign counterparts. We sent alert warning memo to our troops kaya mabilis ang aksyon natin (that’s why we acted quickly),” he added.

Prior to the firefight, the United States Embassy in Manila on April 9 advised Americans in the country against travelling to Central Visayas, including the provinces of Bohol and Cebu, due to “unsubstantiated yet credible information” on kidnapping threats from terror groups. IDL</s>(5th UPDATE) 3 soldiers, a cop, and at least 5 of the armed men are killed in clashes that started at 5 am on Tuesday, April 11

MANILA, Philippines (5th UPDATE) – The military and the police on Tuesday, April 11, exchanged gunfire with "heavily armed lawless elements" in Bohol. They are believed to be members of local terrorist group Abu Sayyaf.

Three soldiers, a cop, and at least 6 of the armed men were killed in the clashes that started at 5 am on Tuesday, according to a joint statement issued by the police and the military.

"Tactical victories have been accomplished, with 5 body counts and a number of high powered firearms recovered as of 1 pm today.... Four of our brave troops, however, made the supreme sacrifice of giving their lives during the course of the operation," reads the statement signed by Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Central Command chief Lieutenant General Oscar Lactao and police regional director Chief Superintendent Noli Taliño.

Residents on Tuesday morning alerted the police of the presence of 3 pumpboats along the riverside of Sitio Ilaya of Barangay Ilaya in Inabanga town.

The encounter comes a week after the government downplayed a travel warning from the US embassy which discouraged its citizens from visiting Bohol and neighboring Cebu.

"We want to congratulate our people in Bohol... The government security forces simply reinforced the vigilance of the Boholanos who organized themselves into a strong force to keep the province safe from any threat groups," the joint statement added.

The first clash occurred at 5:20 am. At about 7 am, AFP chief General Eduardo Año announced that the armed group was "well armed with heavy caliber weapons" but have already been cornered in "an isolated section of the sitio."

Año also announced that they had boosted the presence of local police and the military, deploying additional ground troops as well as sea and air assets to repel the armed group.

Later on Tuesday morning, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Ronald dela Rosa told reporters that a soldier was the first casualty of the clashes against the suspected Abu Sayyaf members.

Colonel Edgard Arevalo of the military's Public Affairs Office also confirmed this.

The clashes were reportedly over by 1 pm. Four government forces and 5 of the armed men were killed. The military began clearing operations.

On Wednesday morning, the government announced they recovered the body of another Abu Sayyaf member in the encounter site. He was the 6th of the armed men to be neutralized.

The Abu Sayyaf Group is notorious for its kidnap-for-ransom activities. It is also known to conduct operations in the waters of the southern Philippines, but Dela Rosa said the police had earlier gotten raw reports of kidnap threats in Central Visayas.

The miltary has stepped up operations against the Abu Sayyaf in southern Philippine islands Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi as they work to meet a self-imposed target to significantly weaken the group by June 30.

– with reports from Bea Cupin and Carmela Fonbuena / Rappler.com</s>At least nine people were killed on Tuesday in a gun battle between government troops and suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits in Bohol province, far from the terrorists’ southern jungle bases and in a region where the US government had warned the gunmen might carry out kidnappings.

Five Abu Sayyaf bandits, three soldiers and a policeman were killed in the gun battle in the mountain village of Napo, Inabanga town, according to a joint statement issued by Chief Supt. Noli Taliño, head of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas, and Lt. Gen. Oscar Lactao, chief of the military’s Central Command.

Director General Ronald dela Rosa, the chief of the Philippine National Police, said troops and policemen attacked the bandits early Tuesday in Inabanga, where the gunmen had arrived aboard three fast boats.

The bandits entered Inabanga, 71 kilometers from Tagbilaran City, going upriver toward Napo on Monday night, Mayor Josephine Jumamoy said in a radio interview.

She said residents of Napo reported the presence of the armed men to the police, who immediately sent officers and soldiers to the area.

Dela Rosa said the intruders took cover in three houses as the firefight broke out.

The firefight started around 5:20 a.m. on Tuesday and was still raging late in the afternoon.

The Philippine Air Force joined the fray in the afternoon, dropping bombs on the gunmen’s location.

As of 4:40 p.m., nine bombs had hit the area, shaking the ground as they exploded.

The more than 60 bandits had either been forced out or killed in the two houses and the others were holed up and surrounded by government forces in the third house, Dela Rosa said.

If it is proven that the gunmen were from Abu Sayyaf, it may be the bandit group’s first known attempt to carry out ransom kidnappings deep into the heartland of Central Visayas, far from its jungle lairs in the southern provinces of Sulu and Basilan.

Abu Sayyaf bandits have crossed the sea border with Malaysia on powerful speedboats and kidnapped scores of foreign tourists in past years.

“Based on the information, they arrived in the area in boats, which is the modus operandi of the Abu Sayyaf. If they were New People’s Army, they would have arrived by land. So most likely, they are Abu Sayyaf,” Dela Rosa told reporters.

“If we were not able to monitor this and engage them with our government forces, it’s a cause for alarm if they were able to carry out kidnappings,” he said.

The US Embassy recently advised Americans to take precautions amid “unsubstantiated yet credible information” of possible kidnappings by terrorists in Bohol, nearby Cebu province and other areas in Central Visayas.

The Australian Embassy also warned its citizens about possible kidnappings by “terrorist groups” in Central Visayas.

On Tuesday, the British Embassy issued a similar warning to its citizens in the Philippines.

Dela Rosa said he could not say whether the gunmen were the group referred to in the US Embassy advisory.

He said the threat monitored by the Central Visayas regional police was an Abu Sayyaf plan to kidnap people in the region.

“But it did not say where or when. The threat was generic, general and nothing specific. If this is confirmed to be Abu Sayyaf and it’s confirmed that their purpose is to kidnap [people] in Cebu and Bohol, then that’s it,” he said.

“As of now, our men on the ground are saying that these are Abu Sayyaf members. We still don’t know the situation of the enemy if they have been killed or they have been able to run away,” he added.

Dela Rosa on Monday confirmed a terrorist threat to kidnap tourists in Central Visayas, but gave assurance that the police had taken steps to protect tourists traveling to the region.

He said the PNP had monitored the threat that led to the US Embassy advisory.

Gen. Eduardo Año, the Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff, told The Associated Press (AP) that military intelligence operatives had been trying to track down the movements of the suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits, who first traveled from Sulu to southern Zamboanga Peninsula.

Intelligence later indicated the gunmen landed ashore in Inabanga, prompting military and police officials to deploy their forces, Año said.

The attack on Inabanga came a day after Año said the military did not see any terror threat in central Philippines despite the US Embassy warning.

President Duterte, speaking at a news conference in Davao City before leaving for a three-country tour of the Middle East on Monday, also played down the US Embassy warning, saying the government could handle any terror threats.

The United States and the Philippines have separately blacklisted the Abu Sayyaf as a terrorist organization for bombings, kidnappings for ransom and beheadings.

Some Abu Sayyaf commanders have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group of jihadists in Iraq and Syria.

Mr. Duterte has ordered the military to destroy the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu and in outlying island provinces.

In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where Mr. Duterte was visiting, presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella on Tuesday declined to confirm whether it was the Abu Sayyaf behind the attack in Inabanga.

“We still have to further clarify the identity of those behind the attack. We’ll wait for (National Security Adviser Hermogenes) Esperon and Defense Secretary (Delfin) Lorenzana,” he said.

Col. Edgard Arevalo, chief of the AFP public affairs office, praised the residents of Napo for alerting the military to the arrival of the gunmen.

He said cooperation between communities and security forces was important in containing the spread of terrorism from Mindanao to nearby places.

Año said the gunmen were “well armed with [large]-caliber weapons, but now cornered in an isolated” part of the village. —WITH REPORTS FROM CYNTHIA D. BALANA, YUJI VINCENT GONZALES, FRINSTON LIM, DORIS C. BONGCAC, ALLAN NAWAL, AP AND AFP</s>PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) Chief Ronald dela Rosa confirmed Monday, April 11, the presence of Abu Sayyaf bandits in Central Visayas, saying the armed men encountered by soldiers in Bohol belong to the terrorist group.

Military and police officials said a soldier and at least five gunmen were killed in an ongoing clash in Barangay Napo, Inabanga town in Bohol, a popular tourist destination.

Dela Rosa said that based on initial report, the PNP and the Armed Forces of the Philippines launched an operation early Tuesday against the suspected Abu Sayyaf members.

“Ongoing pa ‘yung firefight. Meron nang isang patay na Army at isang wounded na Army at is pang wounded na pulis (An Army soldier was killed and another was wounded. A policeman was also wounded),” he said Tuesday afternoon.

“It looks like naipit yung mga kalaban sa isang concrete na bahay. Sabi nila tatlong bahay ang inoccupy nung mga kalaban. ‘Yung dalawa neutralized na, ‘yung isa nalang hold-up ‘yung remaining na kalaban (It looks like the bandits were cornered in a concrete house. Reports said the Abu Sayyaf occupied three houses; two were already neutralized),” he added.

On Monday, Dela Rosa said he received information that the Abu Sayyaf is planning to stage kidnapping in Central Visayas region.

He said the PNP in Central Visayas has made precautionary measures to thwart such attack.

He said authorities will immediately conduct an investigation after the firefight to verify the information.

The United States Embassy recently warned Americans of what it called "unsubstantiated yet credible" information of possible kidnappings by terrorists in Bohol and other areas in Central Visayas. (With AP/SunStar Philippines)</s>The Philippine military announced Wednesday they had shot dead an Abu Sayyaf militant leader in a raid that, one expert said, signaled the country can defeat the Islamic State, which has used the local group to expand in Southeast Asia.

Muammar Askali (also known as Abu Rami), who appeared in videos of hostages being executed by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), died in a shootout Tuesday with security forces that also left three soldiers and a police officer dead as militants launched a failed raid on the central Philippine island resort of Bohol, news reports said.

Bohol is a popular tourist destination far from ASG’s base in the southern Philippines.

“Askali is the leader of the IS Group in Sulu, composed mostly of ASG. His death demonstrates that both Philippines National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines can defeat IS in the Philippines,” according to Rohan Gunaratna, a Singapore-based expert on Southeast Asian extremist groups and a BenarNews columnist.

ASG has pledged its allegiance to Islamic State and, before his death, Abu Rami was working with Isnilon Hapilon, the leader of IS Philippines, Islamic State’s local affiliate, he told BenarNews.

In late January, Isnilon was reported to have been injured in a strike carried out by the Philippine military in Lanao del Sur, on the southern island of Mindanao.

On Wednesday, security forces were hunting for more suspected ASG gunmen, following the foiled raid in which the militants were planning to kidnap as many as a dozen tourists from the area, Philippine Armed Forces Chief of Staff Eduardo Ano said.

Officials identified the body of Abu Rami through post-mortem photos shown to captured ASG suspects, and recovered the body from the scene of the gun battle in Inabanga, Bohol, Ano told the Associated Press.

“This is a major blow to the Abu Sayyaf,” Ano said, according to AP. “If they have further plans to kidnap innocent people somewhere, they will now have to think twice.”

Copyright ©2017, BenarNews. Used with the permission of BenarNews.</s>A leader of a militant group who was directly involved in the kidnap and execution of Canadian and German nationals was among those killed by Philippine troops in a clash on a resort island this week, the military said on Wednesday.

Troops killed at least six members of the Islamic State-linked Abu Sayyaf during the firefight on the popular tourist island of Bohol on Tuesday, but suffered four casualties.

The military has recovered the body of Muamar Askali, also known as Abu Rami, a former spokesman for Abu Sayyaf, a group well known for extortion, piracy and kidnaps for ransom.

Armed Forces chief of Staff General Eduardo Ano described Abu Rami as "a very notorious Abu Sayyaf leader" responsible for several atrocities.

The group last year beheaded Canadians John Ridsdel and Robert Hall. Elderly German Jurgen Kantner suffered the same fate in February when a $600,000 ransom demand was not paid.

Ano said Abu Rami was "trying to make a name of his own" and had risen to become one of Abu Sayyaf's top leaders. He was involved in what the army said was a thwarted attempt to kidnap tourists in Bohol during Holy Week in the mainly Roman Catholic nation.

Ano said the situation in Bohol, far from Abu Sayyaf's island strongholds in the South, was now "back to normal" even as security forces chased down other fighters involved in the gun battle.

The clash happened after the United States, Canadian, Australian and British embassies warned citizens about kidnappings during the holiday and advised against travel to Central Visayas, which includes Cebu and Bohol.

The military has declared all-out war with Abu Sayyaf on the islands of Jolo and Basilan, but is hamstrung by its presence among large civilian communities.

Abu Sayyaf has its roots in separatism but its activities are mostly banditry and piracy and it has invested the profits of its business in modern weapons and fast boats.

The military has struggled to curb the piracy, with the group's boats difficult to detect when they target slow-moving trawlers. Indonesian, Malaysian and Vietnamese vessels are frequently targeted and their crew abducted, and the government has sought international help to patrol the Sulu Sea.

The government also says it has credible intelligence that some Abu Sayyaf leaders are in contact with Islamic State with a view to establishing a presence in the mainly Muslim southern Philippines.</s>MANILA, April 11 (Reuters) - Philippine troops killed at least five suspected Abu Sayyaf militants and suffered three fatalities during a firefight in Bohol province on Tuesday, the military said, days after Western travel warnings about visiting the holiday island.

The clash took place after the United States and Canadian embassies in Manila warned citizens against travelling to Central Visayas, which includes Cebu and Bohol, where rebel groups may attempt to conduct kidnappings during Holy Week in the predominantly Catholic nation.

Cebu and Bohol are two of the country's most popular tourist destinations, far away from the island strongholds of Abu Sayyaf, an Islamic State-linked group known for extortion, piracy and kidnaps for ransom.

Abu Sayyaf is currently holding more than two dozen captives on the southern island of Jolo.

"We have received a report that five of the enemies were killed and we have also recovered from them four high-powered firearms," said military spokesman Colonel Edgard Arevalo.

"But sadly, three on the government side were also killed while two others were wounded."

Security forces launched the operation after receiving intelligence that a heavily armed group of 10 people was seen on three boats along the riverside of Sitio Ilaya in Inabanga town, Armed Forces chief General Eduardo Ano said.

The group's motive for travelling to Bohol was not known. They were cornered in an isolated section of the town.

Early this month, government troops killed more than 10 Abu Sayyaf militants in an attempt to free Vietnamese captives.

Abu Sayyaf, which means "bearer of the sword", earlier this year beheaded a German hostage and two Canadian captives suffered the same fate last year. They were executed when deadlines to pay ransoms expired.

President Rodrigo Duterte says Islamic State is trying to gain a foothold in the restive southern Philippines, an impoverished, underdeveloped and predominantly Muslim region fraught by insurgency.

He has pleaded with Philippine separatist groups to reject advances of extremists. The military has been engaged in large-scale offensives with Abu Sayyaf but progress has been hampered by the presence of civilians in its strongholds in Jolo and Basilan islands. (Reporting by Enrico dela Cruz; Editing by Martin Petty)</s>CEBU CITY—Five suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), three soldiers and one policeman were reported to have been killed in the ongoing firefight in the mountain village of Napo, Inabanga town, Bohol province.

This was contained in a joint statement issued by Chief Supt. Noli Taliño, head of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) and Lieutenant General Oscar Lactao, Commander of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Central Command, on Tuesday afternoon.

The statement said the government troopers were also able to recover three M-16 rifles and an M-4 carbine from the ASG members as of 1 p.m. on Tuesday.

Around 10 Muslim-speaking men entered Inabanga town located 71 km form Tagbilaran City on Monday night, through the Inabanga River, said Mayor Josephine Jumamoy in an interview with radio station dyAB based in Cebu City.

Jumamoy said Barangay Napo residents reported the sighting of the armed men to the police who immediately sent a team along with some soldiers to the area.

Exchange of gunfire between the ASG members and responding government troops started around 5:20 a.m and was still ongoing as of 3 p.m.

“At this moment our combined forces are conducting clearing operations to resolve this incident in the soonest possible time,” said the joint statement.

Mayor Jumamoy said they had evacuated over 200 families mostly from Barangays Napo and Ylaya to prevent any civilian from getting hit in the crossfire.

“On behalf of the combined forces of the AFP and the PNP in the Visayas Region, we want to congratulate our people in Bohol under the able leadership of Governor Edgar Chatto, and all local chief executives down to the municipal and barangay levels, who made a brave stand to defend themselves against the threat of terrorism. The government security forces simply reinforced the vigilance of the Boholanos who organized themselves into a strong force to keep the province safe from any threat group,” said the joint PNP-AFP statement.

The joint statement also commended the heroism of the fallen soldiers and policeman.

“Their heroism will forever be engraved in the hearts of our people. Today’s incident showcases how strong we can be if all stakeholders, the law enforcers, the civilian government and the community, act together,” the statement added.</s>INABANGA, Bohol – Do the five bodies recovered by the military really belong to the bandit group Abu Sayyaf?

Not all, according to residents of remote village of Napo, Inabanga where alleged members of the Abu Sayyaf entered on Monday afternoon and engaged the joint military and police team in heavy gunfight that lasted for more than 24 hours.

Constancio Petalco, 65, and his wife Crisenta were among the bodies recovered by the military in Sitio Ylaya, Barangay Napo, and were identified as suspected Abu Sayyaf members.

But Columbus Estoce, village chief of Napo, said the Petalco couple were residents of their village and were not members of the bandit group.

“They are not members of Abu Sayyaf. They are residents (of the village),” said Estoce in an interview over dyTR News in Tagbilaran City.

When reached for comment, Captain Jojo Mascariñas, spokesman of the 302 Brigade, said the authorities were looking into reports about the incident.

“An investigation will be conducted by the police to identify them and their involvement of the group,” he told Inquirer on the phone.

But since they died in the area where the Abu Sayyaf were spotted, he added the two were tagged as members of the bandit group.

A Facebook post of Ronila Sabijon Kudemos showed the photos of Constancio and another body inside a body bag whom she said were her uncle and aunt.

As she sought justice for the couple, she wrote that the two were held hostage and killed but it was never reported. It was not clear in the post who killed the couple.

The post, however, had 2,727 shares, more than 1,100 reactions and more than 90 comments as of 1:20 p.m. on Thursday.

Petalco was the uncle of Joselito Melloria who was seen by residents escorting at least 10 heavily armed men in the village on Monday afternoon whom he described as his guests.

These were the armed men, who engaged the military and police in a heavy firefight and targets of at least 10 airstrikes.

They were later tagged as members of the Abu Sayyaf bandit group who were suspected of planning to stage terror activities in nearby islands.

The gun battle forced at least 3,000 residents from Napo and neighboring villages to evacuate.

But several residents, including the Petalcos, were seen going back to their house, said Estoce.

Some returned to get their belongings but in the case of Constancio, he went back to get his wife who could not walk properly and was packing their things for the evacuation.

But the two were hit during the crossfire, said the village chief.

“They were just trapped there (in the middle of the heavy gunfire),” he said.

Chief Supt. Noli Taliño, police director for Central Visayas, said on Wednesday that Abu Sayyaf leader Abu Rami was among the five alleged members of the bandit group who were killed in the firefight.

Mascariñas said Joselito Melloria was among the fatalities although like Rami, they had to verify his identity first after processing his body.

Government troops seized high-powered firearms: one M4 rifle, two M16 a1 rifles, 1 caliber .45 Norinco pistol, 1 M203 ammunition and 1 81mm mortar cartridge.

Also recovered in the area were two short housing magazine assembly, 3 detonating cord, 1 galva tester, 1 icom radio, 1 flashlight, 2 remote control radio, 49 blasting caps, 1 blasting cap with cord, 1 flash light, 2 remote control radio, 49 blasting caps, 1 blasting cap with cord, 2 surgical forcep, 1 plastic container, 1 switch board, 5 koran, 1 electric soldering iron, 27 glue stick, 8 IED Assembly, 1 electrical cutter, 1 scissor, 1 small screw driver, 1 LED component, 22 silicon SCR, 4 relay 12 volts, 8 slide switch, 86 red lights, 46 resistors, 3 cellphone battery, 2 pressure clip, 10 Christmas light bulbs, 3 pump boats, and other devices to make bombs. JE
Ten people are killed in Inabanga, Bohol, in the Philippines' Central Visayas, after the country's National Police and Armed Forces clash with suspected members of Abu Sayyaf.