From the Sun Star-Zamboanga (Jul 17): Troops arrest Abu Sayyaf member
GOVERNMENT operatives have arrested an alleged member of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in an east coast village in Zamboanga City, the police said Tuesday, July 17.
Chief Inspector Helen Galvez, Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula information officer, identified the arrested ASG member as Nusrin Pawaji alias Nanir Bandahala.
She said Pawaji was arrested by joint police and military operatives in a law enforcement operation at 5:20 p.m. Sunday at Sitio Niyog-Niyog in Muti village.
Galvez said Pawaji has standing warrant of arrest for the crime of multiple attempted murder issued by a court in this city date January 29, 2018.
The police officer said Pawaji belongs to the group of Jamiul Nasalon alias Jamih, which operates in the east coast of this city.
She said that Pawaji’s group was involved in atrocities like extortion to businesses and fishermen as well in the ambush of a passenger bus on February 14, 2017 in Buenavista village.
She added that he was involved in the killing of eight fishermen on January 9, 2017 near Siromon Island.
https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1753288/Zamboanga/Local-News/Troops-arrest-Abu-Sayyaf-member
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