MILF ‘lost command’ abducted Naga mayor

From the Manila Standard Today (Apr 10): MILF ‘lost command’ abducted Naga mayor

THE military and police said Thursday a lost command of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) led by Waning Abdusalam was most likely behind the abduction of Naga town Mayor Gema Adana in Zamboanga Sibugay province.

Western Mindanao Command public affairs officer Capt. Ma. Rowena Muyela said the Abdusalam group and their victim were still inside province as a joint task force and provincial police intensified security patrols off the waters of Naga, Kabasalan and Imelda.

Military and police records show there are several warrants out for Abdusalam.

Abdusalam was was also tagged in the abduction of Monalisa Capa in Poblacion, Pitogo, Zamboanga del Sur on Oct. 08, 2011; Mrs. Nena Torremocha in Olutanga Island, Zamboanga Sibugay on April 12, 2010; Jocelyn Enriquez, Noime Mande and Jocelyn Inion in Barangay

Bangkaw-Bangkaw, Naga, Zamboanga Sibugay on March 13, 2009.

Adana was kidnapped by six armed men clad in military uniforms at her residence in Barangay Taytay Manubo during the Naga fiesta celebration.

Her police security was not around during the abduction, but the mayor’s father fired shots at the abductors as they were escaping.

In Insulan, Sultan Kudarat, a police ordnance team thwarted a bomb attack against a public utility bus filled with passengers along the national highway.

A report reaching Camp Aquinaldo said the improvised explosive device made of a 60mm mortar round stuffed in a plastic bag was taken out by the responding bomb squad team at 11:20 a.m. from the YBL bus.

The team took the bomb to a safe distance and set it off.

Before the bomb squad arrived, the driver and conductor emptied their bus of passengers and called the police hotline for help.

“A passenger alerted the driver of a plastic bag at the rear portion of the Isulan-bound bus that left Koronadal City around 10a.m.,” the military report said.

Nobody could remember who brought the plastic bad on board the bus.

In Sitio Nangka, Barangay Gata, in Talipao, Sulu, two soldiers and six bandits were killed and dozens were wounded when government forces assaulted the lair of Abu Sayyaf Group.

Armed Forces spokesman Brig. Gen. Joselito Kakilala said the two soldiers who died were from the 32nd Infantry Battalion, and that two among the 15 wounded troopers were captains.

Kakilala said the Air Force provided close air support with two MD520 attack helicopters armed with machine guns and rockets during the assault.

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