The Police Regional Office XI said they are currently monitoring the possible presence of members of the Dawlah Islamiyah terrorist group that might have settled in nearby areas of Davao City.
This developed after two leaders of the organized crime group linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) were killed during a police operation in Hagonoy town, Davao del Sur on Sunday.
In an interview with reporters at the sidelines of the launching of PRO XI's send-off ceremony for the Oplan Dabaw Kalinaw at the Davao City Police Office on Tuesday afternoon, Police Regional Director Marcelo Morales said they are continuously monitoring other members of the terrorist cell.
"So we are monitoring them just in case they will conduct atrocities," Chief Supt. Morales said.
The regional director said they are also monitoring some barangays in the region that might be penetrated by the terrorist members.
However, Morales said they have not monitored recruitment activities in the region.
Intelligence monitoring is being conducted to have sharing and fusion of information to get a clear picture as to the security situation in the whole Davao city.
He also advised the public to be vigilant and alert in reporting any suspicious activity they witness and to report immediately to the nearby authorities.
"So walang dapat ipag alala yung kababayan natin dahil ang inyong kapulisan at kasamahan sa AFP ay tuloy tuloy na ginagawa yung mga kanilang trabaho para ma monitor lahat ng grupo who plan to conduct atrocities in Davao," he said. (People should not worry because the police and AFP continue to do their job in monitoring groups that might conduct atrocities.)
"We are also coordinating in the community, barangay officials to have a wider coverage on our information gathering,” he added.
During AFP-PNP press briefing yesterday held at the Royal Mandaya Hotel, Sr. Supt. Ferlu Silvio, Jr., the provincial director of Davao del Sur Police provincial office (DSPPO), said they are now pursuing other members who were able to escape last Sunday night.
Silvio said they are coordinating with the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP) to monitor their whereabouts.
He said bomb-expert brothers Norhan and Norton Sinapan came from the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and Cotabato City.
“We are still conducting investigation on who are those comrades that had stayed in the houses where they were neutralized,” he added.
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