Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Alleged Abu Sayyaf leader captured in Zamboanga City

From InterAksyon (Aug 21): Alleged Abu Sayyaf leader captured in Zamboanga City

An alleged leader of the Abu Sayyaf wanted for a string of kidnapping charges was arrested Wednesday evening at the port area of Zamboanga City, the Army said Thursday.

A joint police and military team served Nur Hassan Jamiri warrants of arrest issued by Judges Leo Jay Princepe and Danilo M. Bucoy of the regional trial court in Isabela City, Basilan, said Captain Frank Suelto, spokesman of the 1st Infantry Division.

Many of the cases involve kidnapping, and at least one involves the 2001 Lamitan siege, when Abu Sayyaf gunmen holding several local and foreign hostages battled government troops in the Basilan town.

Suelto said Jamiri, who was taken to Camp Batalla in Barangay Cawa-Cawa, Zamboanga City following his arrest, usually operates with fellow Basilan-based Abu Sayyaf commanders Puruji Indama and Isnilon Hapilon.

Among their more recent victims was former Australian Army soldier Warren Rodwell, who was seized December 2011 and released in March 2013.

Fighters under the three commanders were also linked to the beheading of 10 Marines in 2007, the attack on Isabela City in April 2010 that left 13 people dead, and the ambush and killing of 19 Amy Special Forces troops in Al-Barka in October 2011.

http://www.interaksyon.com/article/93696/alleged-abu-sayyaf-leader-captured-in-zamboanga-city

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