From the Philippine Star (Jan 11): Police nab Abu Sayyaf member in Taguig
The Philippine National Police (PNP) arrested early today a suspected member of the terrorist Abu Sayyaf group in Metro Manila, a ranking police officer said. PNP spokesman Chief Superintendent Generoso Cerbo Jr. said that joint police and military operations resulted in the apprehension of Suhod Salasim in Taguig, a city of Metro Manila, at around 6:20 a.m. The suspect was nabbed by virtue of three arrest warrants for his involvement in the kidnapping of nurses in a hospital in Lamitan City in June 2011, kidnapping and illegal detention of teachers and students in Sumisip town, both in southern Philippine province of Basilan. Authorities recovered from Salasim a grenade and two cartridges of ammunition for M203 grenade launcher, Mr. Cerbo said.
The Abu Sayyaf was founded in earlier 1990s by Islamic extremists, and it has degenerated into a loose alliance of local armed bandit groups over the past decade, carrying out a series of public terrorist attacks and high-profile kidnapping.
http://www.philstar.com/breaking-news/2013/01/11/895932/police-nab-abu-sayyaf-member-taguig
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