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| Police arrest Abu Sayyaf bandit in Zambo Norte |
| 2016-11-17 |
[SUNSTAR.PH] THE police have juggedYez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! an alleged Abu Sayyaf ...also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya, an Islamist terror group based in Jolo, Basilan and Zamboanga. Since its inception in the early 1990s, the group has carried out bombings, kidnappings, murders, head choppings, and extortion in their uniquely Islamic attempt to set up an independent Moslem province in the Philippines. Abu Sayyaf forces probably number less than 300 cadres. The group is closely allied with remnants of Indonesia's Jemaah Islamiya and has loose ties with MILF and MNLF who sometimes provide cannon fodder... bandit in a remote village of Zamboanga del Norte, an official said Wednesday, November 16. Zamboanga del Norte Police Director Edwin Wagan identified the arrested bandit as Abdul Nasser Julpai, 32, a resident of Nonoyan village in the town of Baliguian. Wagan said Julpai was arrested around 8:45 p.m., Tuesday at his residence in the village of Nonoyan. The police official said Julpai was caught in possession of a hand grenade when arrested on complaint of alarm and scandal filed by his neighbors. Wagan said they discovered that Julpai is a member of the Abu Sayyaf Group during the tactical interrogation at cop shoppe. He said the suspect was detained while appropriate charges are set to be filed against him. |
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