Monday, July 13, 2015

ASG bomb expert eludes arrest

From Tempo (Jul 13): ASG bomb expert eludes arrest

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police authorities in this city raided a suspected hideout of an Abu Sayyaf bomb maker from Basilan province at a village of Talon-Talon in this city.

The police team led by Supt. Felix Martinez and Chief Inspector Edilberto Alvarez, armed with a search warrant for illegal possession of firearms and explosives, raided the safe house at Nurbin Drive, Talon-Talon, Friday, in search of Asaid Alkamhajain.

Alkamhajain is the top student of ASG hard core leader Puruji Indama of Basilan province in bomb making course, the police said.

The police said they failed to arrest Alkamhajain but they were able to seize an MK2 fragmentation grenade, blasting caps and some improvised explosive device or IED and wirings from the safe house.

The police also arrested Pandugan Abdumuin and Loti Kabukisan, son of a former mayor of Albarka town in Basilan. Kabukisans is a close relative of Indama.

The policemen brought them to the police station for questioning after they were caught inside the safe house of Alkamhajain during the raid.

The raid came a day after police and army operatives captured an ASG member in Barangay Talabaan Thursday afternoon.

http://www.tempo.com.ph/2015/07/13/asg-bomb-expert-eludes-arrest/#.VaRXkMbbL3g

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