MANILA - The Philippine military said on Tuesday (Feb 23) it had arrested a sister and three daughters of a slain leader of the Islamist militant group Abu Sayyaf, among a group of nine women it said were plotting suicide bomb attacks.
Lieutenant-General Corleto Vinluan, who heads the Western Command of the Philippine Armed Forces, said the joint operation had been conducted by troops and police in the southern province of Sulu with search warrants in the early hours of Friday (Feb 19).
This led to the apprehension of nine female potential suicide bombers who are related to some of the notorious leaders and members of the Abu Sayyaf Group, said Vinluan.
Abu Sayyaf, which is based in Sulu, has carried out kidnappings, bomb attacks and piracy for decades. Since 2014, it has proclaimed allegiance to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group.
The military said in a statement the women arrested included a sister and three daughters of Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan, an Abu Sayyaf leader who died in July last year in a firefight with soldiers in Patikul, a town in Sulu.
Tuesday 2 March 2021
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Philippine army arrests sister, daughters of Abu Sayyaf leader in suicide bomb plot
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