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2 Abu Sayyaf suspects behind sea-jacking, kidnaps off Sabah, nabbed

By: - Reporter /
/ 05:48 PM July 13, 2017

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ZAMBOANGA CITY — Two suspected Abu Sayyaf members were separately arrested in Tawi-Tawi on Thursday morning.

Brigadier General Custodio Parcon, commander of Joint Task Forces Tawi-Tawi and the trilateral maritime patrol INDOMALPHI (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines), confirmed the arrest of Ara Samindi in Lagaan Island in Taganak town, and Abu Sayyaf sub-leader Omar Harun alias Abu Halipa in Poblacion Taganak, also in Taganak.

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Parcon said Samindi and Harun were connected to the Abu Sayyaf Group operating in Sulu.

Parcon said the two suspects were included in Malaysia’s 23 high-profile Abu Sayyaf Wanted List, and were involved in sea-jacking and kidnapping in the waters off Sabah and Tawi-Tawi.  SFM

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