Abu Sayyaf
a small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines;
uses bombing and assassination and extortion and kidnapping
- In 2001 Abu Sayyaf kidnapped twenty people and beheaded one of the American captives
• Syn:
Bearer of the Sword
• Topics:
terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act
• Regions:
Philippines, Republic of the Philippines
• Instance Hypernyms:
terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO
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