PA assures safety of 2 detained ISIS members

From the Philippine News Agency (Apr 10): PA assures safety of 2 detained ISIS members

The Philippine Army (PA) has assured the safety of two members of the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) who were formally turned over to its custody last Saturday.

"The inmates are in safe place which is not easily accessible. Clearance and approval for visits shall be granted by the Bureau of Immigration (BI)," said Army spokesperson Lt. Col. Ray Tiongson.

Tiongson said the two were turned over to them last April 8, around 11:55 a.m., following the request of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to Department of National Defense (DND), to provide temporary detention facility for the two foreign detainees.

On March 25, BI agents arrested Kuwaiti Husayn Al-Dhafiri and Syrian national Rahaf Zina in Taguig City.

Based on intelligence reports provided by the AFP and the information given by the Kuwaiti government, Al-Dhafiri is a member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as ISIS.

Al-Dhafiri is allegedly involved in explosives manufacturing and possibly on operational planning against Kuwait, while Rahaf is the widow of the slain Abu Jandal Al-Kuwaiti, who is the number two military commander of the ISIS operating in Syria.

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