Suspected JI member killed in Marawi shootout

From the Philippine News Agency (Nov 23): Suspected JI member killed in Marawi shootout

A suspected member of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terror network was killed while a policeman was wounded in a shootout in Marawi City, a military official announced Friday. Army’s 1st Infantry Division spokesman Capt. Alberto Caber said the shootout took place around 7 p.m. Thursday in Barangay Salam, Marawi City. Caber identified the slain JI suspect as Ustadz Sanusi alias Ishak, who was declared dead on arrival at the Amai Pakpak Hospital. Sanusi, whose real name is unknown, is from Tegal, Central Java, Indonesia, according to the website of the International Crisis Group (ICG). The ICG said that Sanusi has trained here in Mindanao at Camp Hudaibiyah from 1999 to 2000. Caber did not identify the wounded policemen except in saying he is a member of the Special Action Force (SAF), who fell from the building during the shootout. The shootout ensued when combined military and policemen went to Salam to serve warrants of arrest on seven suspected JI members including Sanusi, Caber said. Sanusi has a warrant of arrest for arson and murder issued by a court in Saranggani province, he said. The troops found a hand grenade and M-16 rifle from the possession of the slain suspected JI member, he said. Maj. Gen. Ricardo Rainier Cruz III, commander of the Army’s 1st Infantry Division, lauded the military and policemen for Sanusi’s neutralization. “In the spirit of bayanihan, we can assure our people that the joint Army-PNP pursuit operations against bad elements and those who disturb peace in our area shall go without let up,” Cruz said.

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