The bodyguard to one of the Sulu militants who was killed in the encounter with Malaysian security personnel on March 2 was shot dead when he tried to slash a Malaysian personnel with a barong (Filipino machete).
The Malaysian was injured but not serious in the 8.40am incident in Kg Simunul, Semporna.
Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Hamza Taib said the security team was carrying out an integrated mopping up and search operation in the village when the man, in his 60s, suddenly tried to hack the security personnel.
"The security personnel managed to fire a shot at the assailant who turned out to be the bodyguard of a Sulu terrorist known as 'Imam Tua'," he told a press conference at the operation centre in Felda Sahabat 16, Friday.
"Imam Tua" was killed in the gun battle earlier which also claimed the lives of six Malaysian policemen, some of whose bodies were beheaded and mutilated by the terrorists.
Hamza said following a search on the house, the security team arrested two women, aged 45 and 30, who were the wife and daughter of the militant. Both of them did not have any valid travel documents and were currently detained under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma).
He said four men were also arrested during the operation. This brings the number of terrorists killed so far to 68 while 121 were arrested to facilitate investigations under Sosma and 443 others under other various Acts.
Hamza also said village chiefs and household heads in Kg Tanjung Batu would be allowed to join the assessment team and the National Security Council staff to assess the damage on their houses and village before they were allowed to return home on Saturday.
Only villagers with valid documents would be allowed to return home, while those without documents would be placed in a temporary settlement.
Adapted from Daily Express news paper.
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