ZAMBOANGA CITY -
Security forces have launched a massive hunt for 2 Indonesian and a Filipino
member of the pro-ISIS terror group Abu Sayyaf who are planning attacks in
Zamboanga Peninsula in southern Philippines.
Mayor Beng Climaco has
released the photos of the terrorists and warned the public to keep on the
lookout for the trio.
She said the government
has offered a P3 million reward for the capture of the Indonesian Andi Baso and
his female partner Reski Fantasya; and Abu Sayyaf sub-leader Mundi Sawadjaan,
who is being linked to the recent twin suicide bombings in Jolo town in the
neighboring province of Sulu.
“Authorities warn the public against 3 members of
the Sulu-based ASG believed to have been sent out for a mission to sow terror
in Zamboanga Peninsula. The national government is offering a reward of P3M for
the information that could lead to the arrest and conviction of each of the
suspects,” Climaco said in an advisory alongside photos of the terrorists.
The
photos were provided by the military’s anti-terror Joint Task Force Zamboanga
which also called on the public to stay vigilant. “The community is advised to
be vigilant and immediately report any suspicious person / local terrorist,” it
said.
Last
Wednesday, police captured an Abu Sayyaf sub-leader Jamiul Nassalon whose group
was reportedly planning to launch attacks in Zamboanga Peninsula.
Brig. Gen. Jesus Cambay Jr, the regional police
chief, said Nassalon was tracked down in his hideout in Caliran village in
Zamboanga Sibugay’s Mabuhay town. “Presently, Jamiul Nassalon is in the process
of organizing his group intended for another terroristic activity within the
Zamboanga Peninsula,” he said.
“Jamiul Nassalon was arrested (by police forces)
after a 3-hour travel using high-speed sea craft which surreptitiously entered
the shorelines of Mabuhay municipality, taking advantage of the darkness of the
night and unknown to him a police asset and members of the Barangay
Intelligence Network had been monitoring his activities,” he added.
He said the 41-year old Nassalon, who uses various
nom de guerre, is facing a string of criminal charges in connection to his
bloody attacks against civilians in the region.
Nassalon was also implicated in the 2009 kidnapping
of 71-year old Doroteo Gonzales, a carpenter in Zamboanga City who was
eventually beheaded in Basilan province after his family failed to pay P25
million ransom in exchange for his life.
He was tagged as involved in the bombing of a
provincial bus in Zamboanga City in 2012 that wounded at least 6 people. And
the killings of 8 fishermen off Siromon Island, also in Zamboanga in 2017; and
the strafing of a provincial in Buenavista village here that injured at least 8
passengers.
Nassalon’s capture came after National Police Chief
General Archie Gamboa ordered an intensify campaign against the terrorist group
linked to ISIS and Climaco also ordered the police and military
to tighten security in Zamboanga City following the August 24 bombings - claimed
by ISIS - carried out by widows of slain Abu Sayyaf fighters in Jolo. The
suicide attacks had killed over a dozen people and injured many civilians.
It was not immediately known whether Nassalon
provided intelligence to the police and military about the plan of the Indonesian
and Filipino terrorists to launch attacks in the region. (Zamboanga Post)
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