KOTA KINABALU: Four Indonesian hostages abducted from Sabah earlier this year were unhurt in the latest gunfight between their Abu Sayyaf captors and the Philippine military in Jolo.
Regional intelligence sources said the gunmen managed to escape the pursuing marines who killed two Abu Sayyaf sub-leaders Hatib Munap and Sansibar Bencio during the gun battle in Panamao in the southern Philippine island on Friday.
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