Sayyaf sub-leader captured in Basilan

Posted to the Mindanao Examiner (Dec 12, 2020): Sayyaf sub-leader captured in Basilan

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police commandos captured an Abu Sayyaf sub-leader following a raid early Saturday in his hideout in the southern province of Basilan, officials said.

Officials said Faisal Abdulkarim, who is facing a string of criminal charges, was tracked down in the village of Matata in the town of Ungkaya Pukan. Abdulkarim is also being linked to the murder of a village chieftain in Sumisip town, Naber Usani, in 2014 and the burning of houses in Bulo-Bulo village, also in Sumisip.

The raiders also seized three assault rifles, a grenade launcher and several rounds of 40mm grenade from Abdulkarim’s hideout, according to Maj. Gen. Bernabe Balba, of the Special Action Force.

Abdulkarim’s capture came a day following the mass surrender of 15 Abu Sayyaf terrorists in the neighboring province of Sulu. Among those who yielded to the military were two notorious sub-leaders Alvin Yusop and Barahim Nurjahar.

Both provinces belong to the restive Muslim autonomous region where security forces are fighting the Abu Sayyaf and other pro-ISIS groups. (Zamboanga Post)

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