CEBU (Updated) -- An Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) leader and three other bandits were killed on Saturday, April 22, in a gunfight with government troops in Clarin town, Bohol, a police official said.
Bohol Provincial Police Office Director Felipe Natividad confirmed the death of Abu Sayyaf leader Joselito Melloria.
The Municipality of Inabanga in a Facebook post confirmed that the three other fatalities were ASG bandits but their identification are still unknown.
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