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Kg Tanduo residents still traumatised by Lahad Datu incursion

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Taken captive and almost getting slaughtered by Sulu terrorists remain a recurring nightmare that still traumatises the people of Lahad Datu even though the bloody tragedy in Kampung Tanduo happened 10 years ago.

Recalling the horrible experience where he was almost slaughtered by Sulu militants in front of his house in Kampung Tanjung Batu, Ajmain Mahmod, 45, said he was at home when a group of militants in camouflage uniforms and armed with firearms and machetes appeared in front of his house.

He said one of the members of the group then called him and slapped him twice before threatening him with a...

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