Sunday, September 27, 2015

ASG bomber, kidnapper nabbed in Zambo City

From the Zambaonga Today Online (Sep 27): ASG bomber, kidnapper nabbed in Zambo City

A suspected Abu Sayyaf explosives expert and kidnapper was arrested during law enforcement operations Friday afternoon in Zamboanga city.

Zamboanga police have identified the arrested suspect as Wajir Arajani y Tanadjalin, an Abu Sayyaf member based in Basilan province.
Arajani is also known by the following aliases: Mojahid, Baghdad, Wajir and Wazir.
The suspect was arrested during law enforcement operations conducted by PNP elements within the vicinity of the Zamboanga City Medical Center around 4:15pm Friday.

Arajani is reportedly an explosives expert who worked with Abu Sayyaf leaders Khair Mundos, Furuji Indama, Napeh Atalad, and Jemaah Islamiya leader Amin Bacu.
The suspect is also facing charges of Kidnapping with Ransom for the abduction of US citizen Gerfa Yeatts Lunsmann, her son Kevin and a relative in the year 2011.

A Warrant of Arrest docketed under Criminal Case 27263  for violation of Section 5 of RA 8369 was issued by the Regional Trial Court of Zamboanga city Branch 15.

Meanwhile PNP sources disclosed that the suspect is closely being investigated by police for his resemblance to the person responsible for the bombing of a passenger bus in Zamboanga city last week.
The suspect was depicted in an artist sketch released by authorities last Saturday.

In a text message however, Zamboanga City Police Office Chief Sr Supt Angelito Casimiro denied that Arajani is the suspect in the bombing incident depicted in the artist sketch by the NBI.

Police units responsible for the arrest of the suspect include the Regional Intelligence Unit 9, S2, Zamboanga City Police Office, Special Projects Mindanao Khilafa Islamiya, 84th Special Action Company- SAF, Philippine Center for Transnational Crime, Regional Intelligence Division- PRO9, and RHPU-9.

http://www.zamboangatoday.ph/index.php/top-stories/21259-asg-bomber-kidnapper-nabbed-in-zambo-city.html

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