ZAMBOANGA CITY – Security forces were deployed in Basilan to pursue Abu Sayyaf militants who raided a village in the restive Muslim province, an Army spokesman said.

Captain Jo-ann Petinglay of the Western Mindanao Command said troops would not stop in the hunt for militants, blamed by authorities for the spate of deadly attacks in the province.

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