ZAMBOANGA CITY: Three members of the Philippine Marine Corps and seven Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members were killed in an encounter on Friday morning in Patikul, Sulu.

Lt. Col. Gerry Besana, spokesman for the military’s Western Mindanao Command (WesMinCom), disclosed that three other Marine troops were wounded while 12 were arrested in the fighting that broke out in Barangay Timpook during an assault on an ASG hideout.

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