Patikul, Sulu shootout

On 2 February 2019, five soldiers were killed and five others injured in a shootout with the ISIL-linked group, Abu Sayyaf, in Patikul, Sulu, Philippines. Three terrorists were killed and 15 others were injured.[1] The attack happened a week after a bombing that killed 20 people in a cathedral in the neighboring city of Jolo.[2]

References
  1. "Philippine army in deadly battle with Abu Sayyaf after Jolo blast". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  2. "Eight killed in 'fierce firefight' in Philippines' south". South China Morning Post. 2019-02-02. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
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