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April 22, 2021
POLICE have arrested a suspected member of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) who was allegedly involved in several bombing incidents in Mindanao over the past years, Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Debold Sinas said on Thursday, April 22, 2021.
Norton Salipada Saptula, 23, a member of BIFF Karialan Faction under chief staff Sukarno Sapal alias Diok, was arrested in a counter-terrorism operation in Poblacion, Ampatuan, Maguindanao on Wednesday, April 21.
Sinas said Saptula is Soccsksargen’s number 5 most wanted criminal.
A warrant for his arrest for the complex crime of murder with multiple frustrated murder was issued by the Sultan Kudarat Regional Trial Court in November 2018. ....