Members of an Al-Qaeda-linked militant group beheaded a pro-government militiaman in the latest clash in the troubled southern Philippines on Saturday, a military statement said.

Two members of the extremist Abu Sayyaf group were also killed in the fighting against soldiers and pro-government volunteers in Basilan, the statement said.

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