A Muslim Abu Sayyaf rebel was captured yesterday by government troops in a raid in a southern Philippine city, a military spokesman said. Lieutenant Colonel Buenaventura Pascual said Hajan Maldam was captured in a predawn raid in Zamboanga City, 875km south of Manila.
Pascual said Maldam was among the group of Abu Sayyaf rebels who kidnapped Catholic priest Cirilo Nacorda and 16 public school teachers in the nearby province of Basilan on June 8, 1994. âThe suspect was positively identified by two kidnap victims,â he said. âHe is undergoing interrogation.â |