[PhilStar] At least four wanted members of the Daesh-inspired Maute terrorist group were captured during a military operation in Lanao del Sur. The suspects identified as Pao Panganga (alias Pao Faizal), Alex Areg Bagul, Alisata Tumao Maute, and Saadra Macapanton Madayan, were captured early Thursday moring in a village of Lanao del Sur.
Military spokesperson Jo-Ann Petinglay said the troops recovered from the suspects three high-powered firearms, a pistol, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and drug paraphernalia. She said the suspects, known to have rogue personalities, were wanted for illegal activities such as kidnap-for-ransom, gun-for-hire, carnapping, extortion and illegal drugs trade in the provinces of Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte.
Pentinglay said the suspects are also suspected in the ambush of Police Superintendent Abner Wahab Santos, former city police director of Marawi City Police. According to Petinglay, Panganga was involved in a series of kidnappings in Marawi City, specifically the abduction of Omira Lotao, an employee of the Mindanao State University on March 5.
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[GMA News] The Philippine miliatary on Saturday said it is verifying reports that a suspected foreign terrorist was killed in a series of assaults against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters early this week in Maguindanao.
Westmincom spokesperson Capt. Jo-Ann Petinglay said in a statement that there are persistent reports that Indian-Singaporean terrorist Mohammad Ali bin Abdulrahman, alias Muawiyah, were among 21 terrorists slain in air and ground assaults launched against targets in Barangay Tee in Datu Salibo town from March 13 to 16.
Abdulrahman had reportedly acted as a negotiator for the Abu Sayyaf and is known as a 'dangerous' Jemaah Islamiyah operative.
Petinglay said that also reported killed in the attacks were Salahuddin Hassan, a local terrorist and bomber trained by Abdulrahman and Esmael Abdulmalik, alias Abu Toraype, a brigade commander in the BIFF.
She said that Abdulrahman and the two local terrorists were associates of terror suspect Marwan, who had been confirmed killed by elite troopers in Mamasapano town on January 2016.
Recovered during the operations were bomb-making manuals, five improvised explosive devices and several IED components. Petinglay said, "The recovery from the area of manuals of IED-making indicates that the slain terrorists were giving instructions on how to assemble explosive devices and launch bombing attacks."
Petinglay said that Abulrahman's group had also provided training for new recruits, including members of local terror Maute group based in Lanao.
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[Bernama] Thai authorities detained 27 ethnic Rohingyas in Tak Bai district in Narathiwat early today for trying to enter Malaysia. Local immigration chief Noppadol Rakchart said those detained - 22 men, three women and two children - were arrested in a truck at 1:30am local time.
Noppadol said, "The lorry driver disclosed that he drove the Rohingyas from Ban Mod, Thung Krut in Bangkok to Narathiwat, before handing them over to a syndicate which will smuggle them to Malaysia."
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[PhilStar] At least four wanted members of the Daesh-inspired Maute terrorist group were captured during a military operation in Lanao del Sur. The suspects identified as Pao Panganga (alias Pao Faizal), Alex Areg Bagul, Alisata Tumao Maute, and Saadra Macapanton Madayan, were captured early Thursday moring in a village of Lanao del Sur.
[GMA News] The Philippine miliatary on Saturday said it is verifying reports that a suspected foreign terrorist was killed in a series of assaults against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters early this week in Maguindanao.
