From the Philippine News Agency (Jul 24): Police arrest Maute man inside Lanao evacuation
Police announced Monday the arrest of a member of the Maute terror group in an evacuation in Saguiaran town in Lanao del Sur on Sunday.
Chief Supt. Reuben Sindac, police director for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PRO-Armm), said Lala Arafat, 38, was positively identified by evacuees as followers of siblings Omar and Abdullah Maute.
“He was arrested at 5 p.m. Sunday, he did not resist arrest but denied he was a Maute member,” Sindac said in a statement.
The Maute brothers were founders of Dawlah Islamiya or the terror group - the Maute terror group which pledged allegiance to ISIS and seized Marawi City.
Arafat, a resident of Barangay Osmeña, Marawi City, was collared by police while inside an evacuation center in Saguiaran, posing as internally displaced person, getting aid from government and other organizations.
Sindac said the local police was alerted by evacuees who noticed Arafat mingling with them and kept on talking about the Maute group’s stance in the siege.
In his possession were 12 identification cards carrying different names. He was unarmed.
Sindac said charges will be filed against Arafat.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1002583
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