ZAMBOANGA CITY: The military on Tuesday said two notorious Abu Sayyaf bandits tagged as behind cross-border kidnappings in the Malaysian state of Sabah were killed during a raid on their hideout in Sulu.

Major Filemon Tan, Western Mindanao Command spokesman, said military forces killed Nixon Muktadil and his brother Brown during the raid on their lair on Tambulian Island off Pata town in Sulu.

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