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Military and police operatives arrested two suppliers of bomb-making components to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Sulu province, military officials said
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+ May 03, 2021 AUTHORITIES have arrested two alleged suppliers of improvised explosive device (IED) components in Jolo, Sulu, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said on Monday, May 3, 2021.
Akkang Suraili Omaron of Barangay Tulay in Jolo and Mardan Dammang Jamasali from Barangay Latih, Patikul were arrested in a drug bust on Sunday, May 2.
They will be charged with violation of the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Act and RA 9516, or illegal/ unlawful possession, manufacture, dealing In, acquisition or disposition of firearms, ammunition or explosives.
Seized during the operation were ammunition of caliber .45 pistol and IED components such as blasting caps, time fuse cord, about a kilogram of suspected ammonium nitrate, 81mm mortar shell, nails, marbles, aluminum pipes and wire switches.
Published February 23, 2021, 3:52 PM
Security forces have arrested nine women who were tagged as potential suicide bombers in a series of police and military operations in Patikul and Jolo towns of Sulu, the military disclosed on Tuesday, Feb. 23.
Maj. Gen. William Gonzales, commander of the Joint Task Force Sulu, said three of those arrested are daughters of slain Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) leader Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan identified as Isara Jalmaani Abduhajan, 36; Jedah Abduhajan Amin, 28; and Elena Tasum Sawadjaan-Abun, 40.
He said the three were arrested in Barangay Bangkal in Patikul town and yielded several components of Improvised Explosive Device (IED).
Gonzales said they also arrested the widow of ASG sub-leader Walid Abun in Kalimayahan Village in Barangay Latih, with another suspect identified as Firdauzia Said who is a widow of ASG sub-leader Mannul Said.