Police arrested two alleged members of the Abu Sayyaf, including one with a P5.3-million bounty on his head, in Zamboanga City Friday night, saying this foiled a planned bomb attack there.
The capture of Abdul-latip Talanghati y Suwaling, alias “Latip Sihata” and “Tatang”, 64, and Albashrie Talanghati y Sata, alias “Tagalog” and “Abu Tarik”, both natives of Luuk, Tungkil, Sulu also led to the seizure of one pound of high-explosive TNT, detonating cords and a time fuse, confirming an intelligence report the Abu Sayyaf was “planning to conduct atrocities in the City of Zamboanga,” Superintendent Rogelio Alabata, public information officer of Police Regional Office 9, said.
Alabata said the bounty was for the capture of Talanghati, who is wanted for his alleged participation in the 2000 kidnapping of tourists and resort workers from Sipadan, Malaysia.
On receiving the information about the bomb plot, Alabata said a team led by Superintendent Ferjen Torred mounted a hunt for the suspects, tracing them to Barangay Sta. Barbara, just beside the office of the Land Transportation Office, and arresting them around 9:30 p.m. Friday.
Alabata said the suspects would be transferred to Pasig City for trial.
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/133112/police-say-arrest-of-2-asg-suspects-in-zamboanga-city-foiled-bomb-plot
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