COTABATO CITY: Two kidnappers from the Sulu-based Abu Sayyaf Group were killed in an operation conducted by combined elements of the Marine Battalion Landing Team-6, Tandubas Municipal Police Station and Tawi-Tawi Provincial Mobile Force Company in Barangay Taruk, Tandubas, Tawi-Tawi on Sunday morning.

Maj. Arvin Encinas, spokesman for the Western Mindanao Command (WestMinCom), on Monday said the joint operation resulted in a 10-minute firefight between government troops and the terrorist group that led to the killing of the kidnappers identified as Jul Haber aka Black Shabu and Kamsel Ampang.

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