Lahad Datu, Malaysia- A Malaysian policeman was killed by "militants" in a region where Filipino followers of a self-claimed sultan are holed up in a deadly standoff with security forces, state media reported Sunday. The police officer was killed when he was fired upon Saturday in the Malaysian town of Semporna, 300 kilometres (190 miles) by road from the site of the standoff at Tanduo village on Borneo island where 12 Filipino intruders and two police died in a firefight the day before. State news agency Bernama also said another officer suffered gunshot wounds. It quoted police saying the killing was unrelated to the nearly three-week siege involv...
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