A major blow has been dealt to the Justice for Islam
Movement (JIM) with the arrest of its founder Mohammad Ali Tambako in General Santos
This was stressed by Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)
chief-of-staff Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang on Monday as he said that the arrest
of Tambako also means the fledgling JIM "is now history as it is
impossible to recover from such a loss."
The JIM is known to consist of Tambako and 30 plus fighters.
Tambako and five of his cohorts were flown to the Villamor
Air Base in Pasay
City
They were arrested by joint military and police operatives
while on board a tricycle on their way to the General Santos
City
Seized from them were three grenades and two short firearms.
Wearing orange jumpsuits, the JIM founder and his companions
were quickly whisked from Villamor Air Base aboard a police vehicle toward the
Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters in Camp
Crame , Quezon City
He and his companions will be detained at the Criminal
Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) building.
The JIM is a splinter group of the Bangsamoro Islamic
Freedom Fighters (BIFF), a rebel group which has been on the receiving end of
the three-week-old military offensive in Maguindanao.
At least 125 BIFF men have been reported killed and 63
others wounded in the continuing law enforcement operations against the terror
group.
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