The military here announced Wednesday the arrest of a high
ranking official of the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF)
during a raid in Cotabato
City
Capt. Joann Petinglay, speaking for the 6th Infantry
Division, identified the arrested BIFF leader as Hassan Indal alias Abu Hassan,
BIFF vice chair for internal affairs and 4th BIFF division commander.
His son, Ali Indal, who engaged law enforcers in a brief
fire fight, was killed.
Colonel Ranie Sevilla, commander of the 5th Army Special
Forces, said Hassan was arrested based on an arrest warrant for various heinous
crimes during a raid in his hideout in Barangay Kalangan Mother, Cotabato City
“His son resisted arrest and traded shots with lawmen,”
Sevilla said.
Citing intelligence reports, Petinglay said Indal and his
son were hiding at a safe house in outskirts of Cotabato due to intense military
operations against the BIFF in Datu Salibo, Maguindanao since Friday last week.
The raiding team seized an M-16 Armalite rifle, cal. 45
pistol and fragmentation grenade.
Maj. Gen. Edmundo Pangilinan, 6th ID chief, told reporters
that a vital information provided the law enforcement agencies led to Indal’s
arrest.
“This is an accomplishment not only of the security forces
but of the entire community because Indal was one of the BIFF leaders who
continually sow terror to civilians by laying improvised bombs in public
places,” Pangilinan said.
Abu Misri Mama, BIFF spokesperson, said Indal was the BIFF's
fourth highest ranking officer.
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