Breaking:Firefight erupted in a Barangay Napo in Inabanga, Bohol on April 11, 2017 between unidentified armed men and local police. More than 10 armed men reportedly arrived the previous night on three pump boats. Various elements from the Philippine National Police and Philippine Army are currently dealing with the situation. The firefight started at about 5:00AM.
The armed men reportedly have concrete barricades and high powered rifles at Sitio Ilaya and Canlinte, Barangay Napo. The area unfortunately has difficult terrain with poor communications signal, said SPO1 Ramata of the Inabanga Police. Ambulance and other emergency service are already positioned at the town main area. Reinforcements have proceeded to area. A helicopter was spotted at the area also.
Updates: as of 1200
TWO members of an armed group were killed.
Senior Police Officer 1 Edwin Melichor, desk officer of Inabanga Police Station, said police and military troopers are still in the area.
Reports also said that two soldiers were killed in the gunfight, but this still has to be confirmed. The troops have cordoned off the area and seized three boats used by the armed men, said reports from the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
Updates: as of 0900 April 12, 2017
Five suspected members of the terror group Abu Sayyaf were killed in a gun battle with security forces in Bohol.
The United Kingdom – through its Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) – yesterday issued its own travel advisory to its citizens, citing “high threat” of terrorism in the Philippines, especially in some parts of the Visayas and Mindanao.
“The FCO advise against all but essential travel to the remainder of Mindanao and to the south of Cebu province, up to and including the municipalities of Dalaguete and Badian, due to the threat of terrorism,” the FCO said.
Initial reports said three soldiers and a policeman were also killed in the fighting in the outskirts of Barangay Napo, Inabanga.
The Army’s 47th Infantry Battalion along with local police first clashed with the terrorists headed by Muammar Askali, alias Abu Rami, along the riverside of Sitio Ilaya in Inabanga town.
If it was indeed the Abu Sayyaf that clashed with security forces, it would be the first recorded major foray of the terror group into the Visayas region, far from their strongholds in Jolo and Basilan.
This post will be updated as reports are gathered.
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