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| Abu Sayyaf militant captured in S. Philippines |
| 2010-10-06 |
| (Xinhua) -- Philippine security forces captured a suspected Mohammedan bad boy working with the Abu Sayyaf group in the country's restive south on Tuesday, police said. The bad turban, Bidung Ismael, was jugged by combined forces of police and military near the city hall in Limo-ok village, Lamitan city in the island province of Basilan, where al-Qaeda linked Islamic fascisti are active, police said. Ismael was among the Abu Sayyaf gunnies who attacked and briefly occupied a hospital in Lamitan in 2001 after seizing several Filipinos and foreigners in a resort-island in western Philippines, leaving scores of government troops, Islamic fascisti and civilians dead, said regional police commander Chief Superintendent Bienvenido Latag, adding that Ismael has a standing arrest warrant for kidnapping with serious illegal detention. "He (Ismael) is a member of Abu Sayyaf," Latag said. The Abu Sayyaf, active in southern Philippines, was founded in the 1990s and has perpetrated a number of high-profile attacks, including kidnapping and bombing. The Philippine military estimates the Abu Sayyaf, which has links with external terrorist organizations such as al-Qaeda, has about 400 members. |
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