By JAMIL SANTOS, GMA News
Published December 12, 2020 12:39pm Authorities on Saturday arrested an Abu Sayyaf sub-leader wanted for the murder of a barangay chairman, as well as the burning of several houses in Basilan. In a statement, the Philippine National Police said Hadi Faisal Abdulkarim was captured in a counter-terrorism operation conducted by the PNP-Intelligence Group and the PNP-Special Action Force in Barangay Matata, Ungkaya Pukan, Basilan at 2 a.m. Police identified Abdulkarim as sub-leader of the Abu Sayyaf Group-Dawlah Islamiyah Basilan Group operating under leader Radzmil Jannatul, who succeeded the late ASG-Basilan Leader Furuji Indama. Abdulkarim is the subject of two separate warrants of arrest, as he is the primary suspect in the murder of Barangay Chairman Naber Usani in 2014, and the attack and torching of several houses in Barangay Bulo-Bulo, Sumisip, Basilan in 2004.
Myanmar forces kill over 100 in deadliest day since coup
Online news site Myanmar Now says the killings were spread over more than two dozen cities and towns
Multiple diplomatic missions to Myanmar condemned the carnage, which has exceeded 440 since security forces started killing protesters
Updated 28 March 2021
March 27, 2021 07:48
YANGON: As Myanmar’s military celebrated the annual Armed Forces Day holiday with a parade Saturday in the country’s capital, soldiers and police elsewhere killed scores of people while suppressing protests in the deadliest bloodletting since last month’s coup.
The online news site Myanmar Now reported late Saturday that the death toll had reached 114. A count issued by an independent researcher in Yangon who has been compiling near-real time death tolls put the total at 107, spread over more than two dozen cities and towns. That’s more than the previous high on March 14, which ranged from 74 to 90.