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| 3 Abu Sayyaf members surrender |
| 2006-01-21 |
| Three members of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group surrendered voluntarily to the military in Jolo island in the southern Philippines, officials said Friday. Officials said the trio -- Amin Julhari Jarad, 40; Mansul Nusuri Abdul, 35; and Julpadal Nusuri Pandithi, 24 -- handed over two automatic rifles and ammunition to Marine Battalion Landing Team 9 in Patikul town Thursday, said Maj. Gamal Hayudini, chief information officer of the Southern Command. "They are still being investigated in Jolo," Hayudini said. A military dossier on the three men implicated them in the kidnapping of trader Ramon Inoferio on Jolo island in November 2004. Inoferio was rescued by government soldiers four months later in Maligay village in Patikul town. The trio was also linked to many attacks on patrolling soldiers on the island. Their surrender came barely a month before the Philippines and the United States are to hold joint anti-terror training exercises in Jolo, about 950 kilometers south of Manila. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |