Two
men lie on the ground with their arms tied, March 6, 2013, after they
were arrested by Malaysian police when they were coming out from Tanjung
Labian, a village adjacent to Kampung Tanduo. Thirteen bodies of
Filipino militants have been found after the authorities launched air
strikes at the Sulu group hiding in a village. – Reuters picLAHAD
DATU, March 6 – Thirteen bodies of Filipino militants have been found
after the authorities launched air strikes at the 200-strong Sulu group
hiding in a village here yesterday, Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said
today.The defence minister showed the media two pictures of several corpses dressed in dark blue, lying facedown in a heap of dirt, saying that copies of the pictures would be distributed to the press later.
“This is a picture of a grave where the bodies were buried by the terrorists,” said Ahmad Zahid, showing a picture of wooden planks placed over the ground.
He added that the forensic police were shot at this afternoon while they were looking at the bodies, but said that they were not wounded.