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| Three kidnappers arrested in Zamboanga |
| 2014-04-26 |
| Philippine police forces arrested suspected kidnappers in separate operations in Zamboanga City and Zamboanga del Sur province, officials announced on Friday. Inspector Dahlan Samuddin, a regional police spokesman, said Jamal Gonzales was arrested before he could flee to Sulu province. He said Gonzales was about to board the boat when policemen seized him at the pier. He did not say if Gonzales is a member of the Abu Sayyaf, blamed for a series ransom kidnappings in the region. Samuddin said another kidnapper, Tingaraan Pamosogan, was also arrested in Zamboanga del Sur province. It was not immediately known if Pamosogan is a member of a militant group, but their arrest came a day after local authorities captured an Abu Sayyaf militant, who uses the alias of Abu Darren, in Zamboanga City where he was allegedly planning to bomb civilian targets. Abu Darren was arrested after police and military commandos swooped down on the seaside village of Baliwasan. He was involved in the ransom kidnappings of 21 mostly European holidaymakers from the posh Malaysian resort of Pulau Sipadan in 2000 and has also been linked by the police to a foiled kidnapping at a posh pearl farm resort in Davao that left two people dead in 2001. |
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