National police have killed an Abu Sayyaf Group commander and his two aides in a 15-minute gun battle at a house in Maimbung, Sulu province. The Abu Sayyaf commander, Gafur Jumdail, is the younger brother of the group's top leader, Umbra Jumdail. Other Abu Sayyaf members may have been wounded in the raid.
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