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| Six MNLF leaders face charges for killing US soldiers |
| 2014-06-05 |
| Philippine government lawyers have recommended murder charges be filed against six senior leaders of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and 26 of their men for the killing of two US soldiers and a Philippine marine in a bomb attack in Sulu province on Mindanao in 2009. The Sulu provincial prosecutors office found "probable cause" to file before a regional court murder charges against the MNLF leaders and their men headed by Commander Khaid Adjibon. The case stems from a bomb attack on a vehicle carrying Filipino and American soldiers on their way to a village in the town of Indanan. Earlier, the MNLF took responsibility for the bombing to avenge the killing of their men in an encounter with government forces in the town in September 2009. Police revealed a break in the case occurred when a suspected MNLF bomb expert, identified as Miraji Bairullah but more popularly known as Mahang, was arrested Sunday morning. Chief Superintendent Benjamin Magalong said Mahang did not resist when a team of policemen and soldiers served his warrant. He said, "He (Mahang) is an expert bomb-maker who trained under Jemaah Islamiyah and Al Qaeda." |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #2 They weren't told that they are the "virgins" for the other prisoners. Al |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2014-06-05 11:19 |
| #1 Filipino prison eh?; let me know how that 72 virgins thing works out. |
| Posted by: Squinty 2014-06-05 10:07 |