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| Kidnap gang leader killed in the Philippines |
| 2012-06-18 |
| Security forces killed a notorious kidnapper in a clash in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines. Officials said Wahid Pingli, believed to be behind a spate of kidnappings for ransom in Zamboanga, was killed on Sacol Island after a 15-minute gun battle over the weekend. Army Colonel Buenaventura Pascual, commander of a local anti-terror task force, said, “His neutralization is a big relief for Zamboanga.” He said police and military forces were serving an arrest warrant on Pingli on his hideout when opened fire on soldiers and policemen. He aadded that security forces had recovered an automatic pistol and a grenade launcher, including mobile phones and a medical kit from his hideout. Police said Pingli was a senior member of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and tagged as behind the kidnapping of a US woman Gerfa Lunsmann and her son Kevin, and a Filipino relative while they were vacationing in Zamboanga City. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #1 “His neutralization is a big relief for Zamboanga.” And most evidently for its visitors as well. |
| Posted by: American Delight 2012-06-18 06:00 |