PAGADIAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Nov. 23, 2012) – An Indonesian terrorist was killed in the southern Philippines following a fire fight with security forces, officials told the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner on Friday.
Officials said the terrorist was identified as Sanusi and a member of the Indonesian terror group Jemaah Islamiya, blamed for deadly bombings in Mindanao and Indonesia.
Six other JI members managed to elude arrest when police commandos, backed by army soldiers, stormed their hideout in Marawi City in Lanao del Sur province late Thursday.
Officials said one police officer was also injured when he fell from a building during the raid. Troops recovered a hand grenade and an automatic rifle from the terrorist hideout.
It was not immediately known how Sanusi, alias Ishak, or either in his group entered the southern Philippines, but authorities previously reported that dozens of JI militants had sneaked into the country and sheltered by the Muslim rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the smaller, but the most violent Abu Sayyaf group.
Officials said Sanusi was also facing criminal charges in Sarangani province and that he had several arrest warrants for a string of murder and arson, among others.
Security forces tracked down Sanusi’s hideout following a long intelligence operation and information provided by civilian informants to the authorities. (Mindanao Examiner)
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