ZAMBOANGA CITY: Security forces launched an operation against the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) responsible for the brutal execution of a captured government soldier in Sulu, one of five provinces under the Muslim autonomous region, officials said on Monday.

According to the officials, more troops were deployed to Patikul town where ASG militants, whose group is linked to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), beheaded Staff Sergeant Anni Siraji of the 32nd Infantry Battalion.

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