MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur –- Twenty-seven armed men led by a suspected member of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) were arrested at a military checkpoint on a highway in borders of barangays Matampay and Mipaga around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 17.
The armed men were on board four vehicles en route to Saguiran town in Lanao del Sur.
Colonel Joselito Pastrana, commanding officer of the Army’s 65th Infantry Battalion, said a tipster informed them regarding the armed men prompting them to set up the checkpoint.
Pastrana said a 16-year-old boy was among the armed group whose leader, Aleem Abdulaziz Aminodin, identified himself as an MNLF member.
Pastrana said Aminodin told them that they were on their way to rescue his daughter who was supposedly kidnapped by a rebel commander in Lanao del Norte.
The seized firearms included a loaded M60 machine gun, a Barrett rifle, an M14 rifle, an M1 Garand rifle, an M16 Bushmaster, and several handguns.
Brigadier General Roseller Murillo, commander of the Army’s 103rd Brigade based in Marawi City, said the identities of the armed men are now being ascertained to determine whether they have links with the MNLF or with terror groups like the Maute group.
The seized firearms are now with the Philippine National Police for ballistics tests.
The 27 suspects were subjected to inquest proceedings at the Hall of Justice in Marawi City Thursday, January 19.
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