Soldiers fighting Moro National Liberation Front gunmen take a rest inside the Zamboanga City Medical Center. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Sept. 9, 2013) – Police arrested 11 members of the Moro National Liberation Front in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines where sporadic fighting continues between security forces and the former rebel group, officials said Monday.
Officials said police forces seized two automatic pistols and ammunition and various MNLF uniform from the men who were arrested in separate areas here.
Those who were arrested have been identified as Jul y Mohammad, 44 ; Minal Ameruddin, 26; Ladjid Musa, 23; Jerry Lumunah, 24; Amik Ahiyal, 42; Gaber Abbas, 46; Nash Tarang, 54; Samura Musa, 41; Armando Asinag, 50; Nurin Ismael, 51; and Mukim Jamahali, 49.
Chief Inspector Ariel Huesca, a regional police spokesman, said members of the Zamboanga City Public Safety Company headed by Superintendent William Gadayan and Inspector Jay Oy-Oyan arrested the MNLF members in downtown Zamboanga and in the village of Rio Hondo after residents tipped them off about the presence of suspicious people.
Huesca said the weapons seized from the MNLF have no pertinent papers.
The MNLF under Nur Misuari signed a peace deal with the government in September 1996, but many of its members were disgruntled with the accord and accused Manila of failing to honor the agreement. (Mindanao Examiner)
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