3 suspected Abu Sayyaf members arrested in Palawan

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SECURITY forces have arrested last Thursday three suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group in Bataraza town, Palawan.

Abu Sayyaf members Alnaser Sawadjaan, Jardin Hajuli, and Alig Pandah were nabbed by patrolling military and police personnel in Sitio Bagong Buhay in Barangay Sumbeling around 12:40 p.m.

The three were arrested on a firearms charge after they yielded a caliber 45 pistol.

During questioning, the three revealed that their leader, one Muammar Askali, is in Puerto Princesa City, also in Palawan, casing potential kidnap victims or target of a "terror activity" in line with the ongoing Baragatan festival.

Sawadjaan is the son of the late Abu Sayyaf sub-leader Jul Asman Sawadjaan who is blamed for the kidnapping of a Jordanian journalist Baker Attani three years ago in Sulu.

The report said Askali masterminded the bombing of a police camp in Sulu last May 29 that left 14 people, including policemen, injured.

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