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Filippino military foils terrorist attack
MILITARY troops stormed a remote Muslim enclave early Sunday and arrested three alleged members of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), the military said. The military also said it foiled a planned terror attack in Zamboanga City. The raid shortly before 2 a.m. in the coastal village of Taluksangay came barely 10 hours after security forces gunned down a suspected Abu Sayyaf terrorist Bahan Madhar (also identified as Majan Bajar) and arrested four other suspects near downtown Zamboanga City, said Marine spokesman Captain Rommel Abrau.He said two other Abu Sayyaf gunmen were able to escape the latest operation in Taluksangay village. "In a follow-up operation, the same elements raided another ASG safehouse in the village of Taluksangay, which resulted to the arrest of 3 other ASG companions. During the raid, two ASG suspects were able to elude the raiding teams," Abrau said in a statement. He identified those who escaped as Abu Ibrahim, leader of an Abu Sayyaf unit in Zamboanga City and a man named Dujana. "Security forces are tracking them down," he said. The military tagged Bahan Madhar as one of those behind the series of bombings in Zamboanga City that killed dozens of civilians and a U.S. soldier participating in an anti-terrorism training with Filipino troops in 2002. Posted by: Dan Darling 2004-12-07 |
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