Zamboanga City — Wounded marines say they had been chasing for a day and night the Abu Sayyaf bandits, however they only learned after the one-hour clash that they hit jackpot.
After the gun battle on Sunday morning, bodies of the six men they had killed were identified. One was Albader Parad, the “ruthless leader” of a bandit group linked to a worldwide terror network.
The gun battle however, has claimed the life of one marine, and wounded two others.