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TERROR PLOT AVERTED. Troops recover some 45 firearms and improvised bombs after capturing a Dawlah Islamiya-Maute Group lair in Lanao del Sur on Tuesday. The Western Mindanao Command on Thursday (March 3, 2022) said a possible terror plot of the Islamic State for Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-inspired group has been averted after the lair was seized. (Photo courtesy of Westmincom) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Military officials said Thursday a possible terror plot has been averted with the fall of the Dawlah Islamiya - Maute Group (DI-MG) lair in Lanao del Sur. Lt. Gen. Alfredo Rosario Jr., Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) chief, said the troops have recovered a total of 22 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and several anti-personnel mines that could be used in launching terror attacks. "Our troops averted and countered possible desperate attacks employed by the DI to inflict casualties not only to government troopers but even the innocent civilians," Rosario said. He said the troops have
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Troops have overrun the lair of the Islamic State for Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-inspired Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group (DI-MG) in the hinterlands of Lanao del Sur, a top military official announced Wednesday. Brig. Gen. Jose Maria Cuerpo II, 103rd Infantry Brigade commander, said the camp fell into the hands of the government troops following hours of firefight against 60 DI-MG terrorists Tuesday that ended around 4 p.m. An airstrike conducted by combat aircraft around 2 a.m. preceded the firefight that broke out around 7:50 a.m. The DI-MG is headed by Faharudin Hadji Satar who carries the aliases of Zacaria, Abu Zacariah, Omar, and Jer Mimbantas, the new emir of ISIS in Southeast Asia, according to Cuerpo. Zacaria has replaced Owayda Benito Marohombsar alias Abu Dar, who was killed together with three other DI-MG terrorists in a clash with government troops in March 2019. "We overran their camp yesterday," Cuerpo said Wednesday over DWDD AFP Radio. He said the tr