Abu Sayyaf Bandits Slay Farmer in Southern Philippines

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Abu Sayyaf Bandits Slay Farmer in Southern Philippines

Suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits on Thursday struck again on the southern Philippine island of Basilan,killing a farmer whom they believed to be an informant of the military.

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Suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits on Thursday struck again on the southern Philippine island of Basilan,killing a farmer whom they believed to be an informant of the military.

A total of 17 armed men broke into the house of coconut farmer Ping Sahilin in Sumisip town, claiming to punish Sahilin for his spying activities. They beheaded Ping Sahilin in front of his wifeEdna, the Philippine Daily Inquirer on-line news reported.

Edna Sahilin said she told the bandits that they had not provided information to the military, but the latter would not believe her. They even ask her to retrieve her husband's head in another village 15 kilometers away. "I know those men are Abu Sayyaf members," Edna added.

Colonel Renato Miranda, commander of the marine brigade in the area, confirmed the attackers are known followers of Isnilon Hapilon, a key leader of the Abu Sayyaf group on Basilan.

Four Indonesian seamen onboard a tugboat were abducted on Monday by suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen in the southern Philippine sea. One of the four managed to escape from his captors, and was recovered by the military on Wednesday on Jolo island also in the south. He identified the abductors as members of the Abu Sayyaf group.

Over 1,000 U.S. soldiers including 160 special troops are beingdeployed in the southern Philippines, participating an ongoing joint military exercise targeting at the Abu Sayyaf group, allegedly linked to international terrorist Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network.

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