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| Philippine police capture militant linked to attacks |
| 2011-03-16 |
| [Arab News] Philippine troops have captured a suspected Abu Sayyaf turban implicated in a 2001 attack when they raided the house of a former town mayor linked to a deadly bombing. Police Senior Superintendent Alex Linesis says police commandos raided a house Sunday in Lamitan town on southern Basilan island in search of the former mayor linked to the 2007 bombing that killed a politician but they instead captured Nawaf Jainuddin. The ex-mayor was not in the house, where police seized two shotguns and a grenade. Linesis said Monday that Jainuddin allegedly was one of several Abu Sayyaf gunnies who seized several hostages and staged deadly attacks in 2001 in Lamitan, a predominantly Christian town in Basilan where the Al-Qaeda-linked Death Eaters are active. |
| Posted by:Fred |