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3 Abu Sayyaf bandits surrender in Basilan
[SUNSTAR.PH] THREE Abu Sayyaf...also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya, an Islamist terror group based in Jolo, Basilan and Zamboanga. Since its inception in the early 1990s, the group has carried out bombings, kidnappings, murders, head choppings, and extortion in their uniquely Islamic attempt to set up an independent Moslem province in the Philippines. Abu Sayyaf forces probably number less than 300 cadres. The group is closely allied with remnants of Indonesia's Jemaah Islamiya and has loose ties with MILF and MNLF who sometimes provide cannon fodder... Group (ASG) bandidos surrendered Thursday afternoon, June 8, for fear of their lives, as military offensive continue against them in Basilan ...Basilan is a rugged, jungle-covered island in the southern Philippines. It is a known stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf, bandidos, and maybe even orcs. Most people with any sense travel with armed escorts... province, the military said. Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Bacala, 4th Special Forces Battalion commander of the Philippine Army, identified the surrenderers as Abdulla Kalitut, 35, Natim Alamin, 25, and Adzmil Alamin, 20. Bacala said they have turned over an M-16 Armalite, two Garand rifles and several rounds of ammunition. The three bandidos are followers of ASG sub-leader Nurhassan Jamiri. Kalitut has a P600,000 bounty for his arrest and is listed as number four in the group of Jamiri, Bacala said. He said Kalitut told them they decided to yield to the government forces after experiencing hardship due to sustained military offensive in Basilan province. "We are always on the run from the military. We do not have decent sleep or food. We are tired. We miss our families. We miss having a normal life," Kalitut said. Posted by: Fred 2017-06-10 |
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