TUBURAN, Basilan (DWDD) – A Joint Law Enforcement Operation (LEO) was conducted by troops under Joint Task Group – Basilan and the Lamitan City Police Office in coordination with the Local Government of Tuburan against the Urban Terrorist Group-Abu Sayyaf Group under Abdulhasan Yusop Sanajalun aka Bullet in Lower Sinangkapan, Tuburan, Basilan on November 08, 2015 at 4 o’clock in the morning.
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The joint AFP-PNP forces, while conducting LEO to serve the warrant of arrest against aka Bullet in Campo Dos, Colonia, Lamitan City was fired-upon by undetermined gunmen. Immediately, the organized inter-agency task group conducted pursuit operation with the support of the LGU of Tuburan to track down the perpetrator until he was pinned down in Lower Sinangkapan, Tuburan, Basilan.
The firefight ensued between the government forces and the UTG-ASG led by aka Bullet for about thirty minutes that resulted in the death of the latter.
The operations resulted to the death of the UTG-ASG leader Abdulhasan Sanajalun aka Bullet and his follower a certain Halid Calbie, recovery of one M653 Armalite rifle, caliber .45 pistol, IEDs, hand grenades, air gun, magazines with live munitions, cellphones and personal belongings (pictures, philhealth cards and school identification cards).
Unfortunately, the AFP has risk their lives by suffering three wounded personnel but was able to pre-empt the planned IED bombings in Lamitan City which can inflict civilian casualties and damage to properties.
Abdulhasan Yosop Sanajalun also known for aliases such as Rhey Cuebas Santos, Arjan Y Sapii, Abdulhasaan Tannajul and Bullet has existing Warrants of Arrest for the cases of kidnapping and serious illegal detention with ransom issued by the RTC Branch 16, Zamboanga City.
Aka Bullet is a well-known UTG leader or locally called Anak Yatim(Orphans of ASG Martyrs) involved in the series of killings of AFP-PNP personnel, retailers and foreign nationals. His group is also engaged in extortion with intimidation of IED bombing and the kidnapping of three employees of a construction firm in Barangay Cadayan, Akbar Municipality sometime in January of this year.
The persistent illegal activities and involvement in the series of killings of the UTG-ASG under Bullet have forced the local populace of lower sinangkapan as well as the relatives of alias Bullet provided reliable information regarding the whereabouts of the latter.
Col Rolando Joselito D Bautista, Commander of Joint Task Group Basilan said, “the successful operation against Abdulhasan Sanajalun is a manifestation of the effective cooperation and collaboration of the PNP and local chief executives in running after the perpetrators of terrorists activities in Basilan Province”.
JTG Basilan will have no let-up in hunting them down to ensure the unhampered delivery of basic services and development in communities where they mostly needed, he further said.
After the pursuit operation, the PNP aided by the AFP immediately conducted crime scene preservation and confiscated the personal belongings, IEDs, ammunitions and firearms of the perpetrators.
The cadaver was brought to the Advance Command Post of JTG Basilan in Campo Uno, Lamitan City, BP, which was witnessed by the Hon Durie S Kallahal, Mayor of Tuburan for the identification and was further turned-over to the family for appropriate Islamic burial rites.
The PNP-AFP is jointly conducting follow-up investigation on the recovered documents, cellular phones and other electronic gadgets to be able to determine the group’s connections and transactions. By Josephine Jaron Codilla / MCAG
http://dwdd.com.ph/2015/neutralized-notorious-utg-asg-leader-slain-in-basilan/
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