The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has ordered tighter security in Sulu following the killing of three suspected Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) suicide bombers.
According to AFP Western Command Chief, Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, he has tasked all the Joint Task Force under Westmincom to intensify security measures.
This was to prevent any threat of retaliation by the terrorist group following the deaths of their comrades.
Sobejana said the suicide bombers who were killed in Sulu on Tuesday (Nov. 5) were all foreign members of the ASG sub-group under the leadership of Hatib Sawadjaan.
He said the group’s planned attack was related to the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
