Cops arrest 2 Abu Sayyaf members on bombing mission in Marawi

From the Philippine News Agency (May 15): Cops arrest 2 Abu Sayyaf members on bombing mission in Marawi

CAMP SK PENDATUN, Maguindanao, May 15 (PNA) -- Alert policemen in Marawi City on Tuesday arrested two suspected members of the extremist Abu Sayyaf who were planning to launch bombings in the city and its environs.

Chief Supt. Noel Delos Reyes, police regional director in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao where Marawi City was a component city, said the two were cornered at Barangay Fort, Marawi City.

They were identified as Termije Ahmad alias "Emran Napeh" and Reneer Lou Dongon, aka "Roly Unting."

Citing intelligence reports, delos Reyes said the police have received information about the coming of suspected Abu Sayyaf members in Marawi City for bombing operations during election day.

There was a bombing incident on election day but was attributed to partisan political groups, not Abu Sayyaf.

Delos Reyes said the two were implicated in the bombing of the Maxandrea Hotel in Cagayan de Oro in 2012.

Policemen backed by soldiers also seized from Ahmad and Dongon several ammunition, blasting caps, batteries, a .45 caliber pistol and bomb-making materials for improvised explosive devices.

Delos Reyes lauded the civilians for alerting the police about the presence of suspicious-looking men.

Police in Marawi remained on heightened alert two days after the election as threats from terrorist groups and defeated political candidates remain high.

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