Lahad Datu: Sulu gunmen in Kg Tanduo have been totally defeated, say police sources


KAMPUNG TANDUO: The Sulu armed group was totally routed by Malaysian security forces' overwhelming firepower unleashed at 7am Tuesday, police sources said.

Malaysian security forces are at stage four of Ops Sulu as they secure the village which has been in the hands of about 100 armed followers of the self-styled ailing Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III who had insisted that his brother Azzimudie Kiram, who led the group, to stay in Tanduo till the end despite extended deadlines given to them to give up and go home without bloodshed.

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