Government security forces foiled a supposed plot by the terrorist Abu Sayyaf group to kidnap a family of a foreign national in Agusan del Sur following a raid at a bandit lair Sunday.
A security
official, who asked not to be identified, yesterday said that combined police
and military intelligence operatives monitored the movement of the ASG band of
Muammar Askali from Sulu to Agusan del Sur, where the terrorists plotted to
abduct an Australian and his family.
The official said that the government troops, initially took the prospective victims to a safe place before striking at the hinterland lair of the Abu Sayyaf at around 4 a.m. Sunday.
The operation resulted in seven male factors held for questioning. However, Askali was not with the group.
“Our technical intelligence group monitored the movement of the group from Sulu to
“Bits and pieces of information gathered by intelligence pinpointed a farm, believed to the safe house…where armed men were spotted,” the source added.
Authorities managed to identify the supposed target of the Abu Sayyaf men –an Australian couple and their son who were immediately extricated to safer place.
According to the official, the Abu Sayyaf men used a farm in the hinterlands of San Luis town as a lair –only a few kilometers away from the area where the Australians were staying.
“As soon as we extricated them (Australians) to safer place, a few hours after that...on the spot, and we conducted the raid,” the official said.
Insp. Joebert Agpaoa, San Luis town police chief, confirmed the raid against Askali’s group at Purok 4, Barangay Nuevo Trabajo by virtue of a search warrant for illegal possession of firearms.
Those “invited for questioning” were Nuluddin Astropher, Ricardo Asong, Nuluddin Hadjula, Alvin Ammad, Rolly Delgado Sulapas, Marcela Musa Nuluddin and Kenedy Castro Calderon.
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