Police authorities in Northern Mindanao announced on
Saturday the arrest in Misamis Occidental of a suspected bomber believed to
have been involved in Kidapawan
City
Chief Supt. Agrimero Cruz, Northern Mindanao police regional
director, in text messages to local media, identified the suspect as Abdulmalik
Salik, a member of the al-Khobar extortion group operating in North Cotabato,
Sultan Kudarat and South Cotabato .
Salik was arrested at a police checkpoint in Panaon town,
Misamis Occidental at past 5 p.m. Saturday. He had a PhP400,000 reward for his
arrest offered by the Department of Interior and Local Governments in 2006
following his alleged involvement in the Metro Shuttle Bus bombing in Digos
City terminal and Weena Bus in Kidapawan City terminal years later that left
scores of civilians dead and several others wounded.
Malik was believed to be associated with slain Malaysian
bomber Zulkifli bin Hir, alias "Marwan," and his Filipino associate
Abdul Basit Usman.
Malik has standing warrants of arrest for multiple murder,
multiple frustrated murder and multiple attempted murder.
He was a senior leader of the al-Khobar extortion group
which preyed on bus companies and for carrying out a series of extortion
activities in Kabacan, M'lang and Matalam in North Cotabato, Tacurong City
and Koronadal City
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=746712
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