Sources: Reuters
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
A police chief is killed by suspected members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters in Maguindanao, the Philippines. 2022-08-30
During a shootout with soldiers in Sulu, Philippines, Abu Sayyaf militants kills an Indonesian fisherman who was abducted early this year. A militant of the group also died in the fight. 2020-09-28
Moro National Liberation Front chairman Nur Misuari surrenders Abduljihad Susukan, a sub-commander of the ISIL-affiliated Abu Sayyaf militant group, to the Philippine National Police in Davao City, following the latter's involvement in the 2015 Roseller Lim and Samal Island kidnappings and beheadings. Susukan surrendered to Misuari in April 2020. 2020-08-14
The Abu Sayyaf militant group beheads their German hostage Jurgen Kantner in Indanan, Philippines. 2017-02-27
The U.K. Foreign Office and the U.S. State Department issue travel advisories regarding the Philippine island of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago after a recent kidnapping near Davao City. 2016-04-22
ISIL claims responsibility for clashes between militants linked to the group and the Philippine Army that claimed 23 lives. 2016-04-13
Gunmen abduct a Norwegian resort manager, two Canadians, and a Filipino from a resort in the southern Philippines. 2015-09-21