Malaysia unleashes military on Filipino invaders
- Published: 5 Mar 2013 at 14.50
- Online news: Security
FELDA SAHABAT, Malaysia — Malaysia's military launched a fierce assault Tuesday on up to 300 Filipino intruders locked in a three-week deadly standoff that has become the country's biggest security crisis in years.
Prime Minister Najib Razak said he had no choice but to unleash the military to try to end an incursion that had already killed 27 people and began when militants invaded to claim Malaysian territory for a past Philippine sultanate.
A day after the Philippines called for restraint, Malaysia launched the assault with fighter jets bombing the standoff village of Tanduo in Sabah state, on the northern tip of Borneo island, followed by a ground assault by troops.
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