Government troops killed an Abu Sayyaf militant in a firefight in the restive province of Basilan, army officials said on Sunday.

Officials said the weekend fighting erupted in the village of Sapah Bulak in Sumisip town where soldiers and pro-government militias were escorting rubber plantation workers.

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