Abu Sayyaf bandits holding three foreigners and a Filipina hostage in Sulu. (Screenshot from News5 video/File)
Military and police operatives have arrested three suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Barangay Pasonanca, Zamboanga City on Friday.
Major Felimon Tan Jr., spokesman of the Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom), identified the arrested terrorists as Jamar Musa Maing, 41; Ahmad Tandih Lawisan, 33, and Omar Kumbing Tandih, 36.
The three suspects were arrested at around 3:20 a.m. at their hideout in a house near the motor pool of the Zamboanga City Water District (ZCWD), Chief Supt. Billy Beltran of the Zamboanga regional police said.
Beltran said that based on intelligence information, the suspects were tasked to conduct bombing operations in Zamboanga City.
“They are all members of the Ajang-Ajang group believed to be responsible for liquidation of troops and other criminal acts in the area,” Tan said. The Ajang-Ajang group is led by Ben Saudi, one of the sub-leaders of the Abu Sayyaf Group based in Sulu.
Recovered from their possession were two fragmentation grenades, a caliber .38 revolver with six live rounds of ammunition, and two cellular phones.
“The military and police continue to intensify intel monitoring and security operations to thwart and neutralize the Abu Sayyaf Group,” Tan said.
President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered intensified military operations against the Abu Sayyaf to crush the group, which has beheaded three hostages - two Canadians and a Filipino - and is holding at least 10 more, including seven foreigners, in the hinterlands of Sulu.
http://interaksyon.com/article/132284/3-suspected-abu-sayyaf-members-arrested-in-zamboanga-city
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