Philippines kills 11 Abu Sayyaf militants

Philippine troops have killed at least 11 Abu Sayyaf militants, including an influential commander, in an assault on the extremists following their beheading of a captive over an unpaid ransom. Regional military commander Maj. Filemon Tan says 17 soldiers were wounded when army troops surrounded a jungle area in Sulu province’s mountainous Patikul town Friday and clashed with about 100 militants. President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the troops to destroy the militants in their jungle bases after the extremists beheaded a Filipino teenager abducted last month.