Sayyaf fighter captured in Zamboanga

From the Mindanao Examiner (May 3, 2019): Sayyaf fighter captured in Zamboanga

Police are holding an Abu Sayyaf fighter, who is also a hired killer, following his capture in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines, officials said Friday, adding the militant is currently being interrogated.

Officials said Uring Akil, a follower of notorious Abu Sayyaf leader Furuji Indama, was captured Thursday at Our Lady of Fatima Subdivision in the village of Boalan where policemen tracked down his hideout.

Uring Akil.

Akil, a native of Basilan province, is facing a string of criminal charges and also in the wanted list of the police. Initial interrogation report said Akil was also involved in the selling of illegal drugs and a member of the “Anjawani guns-for-hire group” operating in Basilan and Zamboanga.

Brig. Gen. Emmanuel Luis Licup, the regional police commander, lauded the capture of Akil and praised those involved in the operation. “There is no place for terrorists to hide in Zamboanga. We will get you and put you behind bars,” he said.

It was not immediately known whether Akil’s group was planning a terror attack here or how he managed to flee Basilan despite ongoing operation against the Abu Sayyaf in the restive region.

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