Marawi City — Police and military intelligence units are on the prowl for members of an extremist group in Lanao del Sur rallying the jihadist ideology of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and suspected of having been involved in various atrocities in this city and nearby areas.
A police intelligence official said higher authorities have given the “go signal” for the manhunt after months of surveillance on the movement of the “black flag movement” group, locally known as Ghuraba.
Results of the surveillance were bolstered by the recent capture here of a member of the extremist group, he said.
Col. Manolo Samarita, deputy commander of the army’s 103rd Brigade, yesterday confirmed that armed members of the group attacked and wounded a soldier at barangay Mapandi here on Wednesday.
But the wounded Army trooper was able to fire back, scaring his attackers and wounding one of them, Samarita said.
He said responding police and military elements captured the wounded attacker, who was later identified as Junaid Kiram Undac, when brought to a hospital here for treatment under heavy security.
Samarita said the other attackers fled on board a white Ford Ranger pickup upon sensing the arrival of the reinforcing troops, leaving the wounded Undac and his motorcycle behind.
Relatives of Army Corporal Mamintal Madlawi, a Maranao, who was shot dead unarmed on April 7 here by two or more suspected members of the Ghuraba group, said their kin owned the motorcycle seized from Undac They said the motorbike was taken by attackers of Madlawi after they shoto him.
“At last, we are now certain about the perpetrators of my brother’s killers,” said Raihanah, Madlawi’s brother whose family has been coordinating authorities in search of justice.
Raihanah, in an earlier interview, dismissed insinuations from some quarters that fellow military elements were behind his brother’s killing.
Samarita said Undac is believed to be among those behind the attack on a military detachment in Madalum, Lanao del Sur on September 6, 2013. That left one soldier and three attackers dead. The three slain attackers were identified in earlier military reports as members of the Ghuraba group sent on a liquidation mission in Central Mindanao areas.
http://www.mb.com.ph/extremist-group-ghuraba-emerging-in-lanao-del-sur/
A police intelligence official said higher authorities have given the “go signal” for the manhunt after months of surveillance on the movement of the “black flag movement” group, locally known as Ghuraba.
Results of the surveillance were bolstered by the recent capture here of a member of the extremist group, he said.
Col. Manolo Samarita, deputy commander of the army’s 103rd Brigade, yesterday confirmed that armed members of the group attacked and wounded a soldier at barangay Mapandi here on Wednesday.
But the wounded Army trooper was able to fire back, scaring his attackers and wounding one of them, Samarita said.
He said responding police and military elements captured the wounded attacker, who was later identified as Junaid Kiram Undac, when brought to a hospital here for treatment under heavy security.
Samarita said the other attackers fled on board a white Ford Ranger pickup upon sensing the arrival of the reinforcing troops, leaving the wounded Undac and his motorcycle behind.
Relatives of Army Corporal Mamintal Madlawi, a Maranao, who was shot dead unarmed on April 7 here by two or more suspected members of the Ghuraba group, said their kin owned the motorcycle seized from Undac They said the motorbike was taken by attackers of Madlawi after they shoto him.
“At last, we are now certain about the perpetrators of my brother’s killers,” said Raihanah, Madlawi’s brother whose family has been coordinating authorities in search of justice.
Raihanah, in an earlier interview, dismissed insinuations from some quarters that fellow military elements were behind his brother’s killing.
Samarita said Undac is believed to be among those behind the attack on a military detachment in Madalum, Lanao del Sur on September 6, 2013. That left one soldier and three attackers dead. The three slain attackers were identified in earlier military reports as members of the Ghuraba group sent on a liquidation mission in Central Mindanao areas.
http://www.mb.com.ph/extremist-group-ghuraba-emerging-in-lanao-del-sur/
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