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| Abu Sayyaf financier arrested |
| 2005-11-03 |
| Philippine police arrested the alleged finance officer of the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group in Baguio City, the northern Philippines on Saturday, local TV reported on Wednesday. Officers of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) on Wednesday identified the suspect as Amil Flamiano Salih alias Abu Tagalog, who had been responsible for raising funds for Abu Sayyaf and has a reward offer of 20,000 US dollars for his capture,said the report. NCRPO chief deputy director Vidal Querol was quoted earlier as saying that Salih was coordinating with Hilarion Santos alias AmadSantos, who is said to be planning attacks in Metro Manila and other parts of the country. The suspect was arrested by virtue of a warrant of arrest for kidnapping and serious illegal detention. The case is non-bailable,according to Judge Danilo Bucoy of the Regional Trial Court Branch2 of Isabela, Basilan. Salih, 28, was arrested near a mosque in Baguio. He was allegedly involved in the Dos Palmas hostage taking in 2001 when Filipino nurse Deborah Yap was killed, American Guillermo Sobero was beheaded and American missionary Martin Burnham was killed. Salih was reported traveling to Manila whenever he can but now detained at NCRPO in Bicutan. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |