ZAMBOANGA CITY – Security forces have captured an Abu Sayyaf rebel involved in the 2001 abduction and beheading of 15 farm workers in the southern Philippine province of Basilan, officials said on Wednesday.
Insp. Dahlan Samuddin, a regional police spokesman, said Abdula Indanan, alias Alkobar, was captured in the village of Paniongan in Lantawan town before dawn Tuesday. He said policemen, backed by soldiers, swooped down on Abdula’s hideout after a long surveillance operation.
He said Indanan was among those who abducted the farm workers in Golden Harvest Plantation in Lantawan’s Tairan village.
The hostages were used by the Abu Sayyaf as shield against pursuing troops and then killed them one by one as the gunmen escaped to the mountains.
Samuddin said the rebel is long wanted in Basilan and is facing multiple criminal cases. Authorities have tagged the Abu Sayyaf – which is fighting for an Islamic state – in the spate of terror attacks not only in Basilan, but elsewhere in Mindanao, including Zamboanga City. (Mindanao Examiner)
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