Sources: BBC
The Philippine Army announces that it has killed Nawapi Abdulsaid, an Abu Sayyaf militant, during a shootout two days ago in Hadji Mohammad Ajul, Basilan, Philippines. Abdulsaid was involved in fifteen beheadings as well as in attacks against security forces. 2024-04-26
Bomb maker Mundi Sawadjaan, a leader of Abu Sayyaf and suspect in the 2020 suicide bombings in Sulu, is killed by security forces during a military operation in Basilan, Philippines. 2023-12-2
Militants believed to be Abu Sayyaf jihadists detonate two bombs in Jolo, Sulu, Philippines, killing 14 people and wounding 75 others. The first occurred as army personnel were assisting in carrying out COVID-19 humanitarian efforts. The second was carried out by a female suicide bomber near the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral, which was bombed in 2019. 2020-08-24
Abu Sayyaf militants ambush and kill 11 Philippine Army troops and wound 14 others in the southern Sulu Province, according to general officer Cirilito Sobejana. 2020-04-17
The Abu Sayyaf militant group beheads their German hostage Jurgen Kantner in Indanan, Philippines. 2017-02-27
Six Vietnamese sailors are kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf off the coast of the Philippines. 2016-11-12
Abu Sayyaf frees a Norwegian hostage for a ransom of ₱30 million (US$638,000) and releases three kidnapped Indonesians from Sabah. 2016-09-17
ISIL claims responsibility for clashes between militants linked to the group and the Philippine Army that claimed 23 lives. 2016-04-13
Filipino troops stage raids to attempt to free six overseas-born hostages held by Abu Sayyaf militants. 2015-09-22
Philippine Army soldiers capture five suspected members of the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf in a raid on Basilan Island. 2011-06-22