Abu Sayyaf (ASG) is a radical Sunni Islamist group that has aggressively attacked civilians since the 1990s. It is notorious for beheading both military and civilian captives, especially when kidnap-for-ransom demands are not met. ASG victims include Filipino citizens as well as foreign nationals. Abu Sayyaf primarily operates in western Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago of the southern Philippines.

List of incidents

Further reading

Timeline of Abu Sayyaf atrocities on GMA News

What you need to know about the Abu Sayyaf by Levi A. So of The Philippine Star

See also

List of terrorist incidents

References

21st century in the Philippines

Kidnappings by Islamists

Murder in the Philippines

Terrorist incidents in the Philippines in the 2000s

Terrorist incidents in the Philippines in the 2010s

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Terrorist incidents in the Philippines in 2000

Terrorist incidents in the Philippines in 2001

Terrorist incidents in the Philippines in 2002

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Terrorist incidents in the Philippines in 2010

Terrorist incidents in the Philippines in 2011

Terrorist incidents in the Philippines in 2013

Terrorist incidents in the Philippines in 2015

Terrorist incidents in the Philippines in 2016

Terrorist incidents in the Philippines in 2017

Terrorist incidents in the Philippines in 2018

Terrorist incidents in the Philippines in 2019

Abu Sayyaf beheading incidents