ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Criminal and Investigation Detection Group (CIDG) in Sulu Province on Monday, Aug. 22, filed additional charges of murder and frustrated murder against a detained Abu Sayyaf sub-leader who is already facing cases of kidnapping and murder in Sulu.
CIDG Sulu operatives together
MANILA: Two notorious militants from the Abu Sayyaf Group, including the executioner of Canadian hostages, were detained on Friday after surrendering to the Philippine security forces, the military said. Ben Quirino, alias Ben Tattoo, 41, and his brother Almujer Yadah, 55, were sub-leaders of the militant outfit that operates in the country’s south, and has gained notoriety
MANILA/JEDDAH: Ten years after he was abducted and held hostage by Abu Sayyaf militants, Arab News Asia bureau chief Baker Atyani is again recalling long days of captivity in the jungles of the southern Philippines following news that one of his captors has surrendered to the Philippine military. Atyani was on duty, reporting for Al-Arabiya News Channel, in June 2012, when Abu