ZAMBOANGA CITY: A suspected Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militant was wounded and captured, but died later during an operation of the military and police forces in Marawi City, according to a security official.
A police commando member was also wounded during the arrest of the suspect identified as Ustadz Sanusi alias Ishak, who was among the seven JI militants targeted by the elements of the 103rd Army Brigade under Brig Gen Daniel Lucero.
The military said Ustadz Sanusi was captured Thursday night during a raid by the joint forces of the 103rd army Brigade and Special Action Force (SAF) of the Philippine National Police (PNP). The security forces swooped down the safehouse of the suspects at Barangay Salam, Mindanao state University compound.
The military said the suspect had a standing warrant of arrest for arson and murder issued by 11th Judicial Region RTC Judge Oscar P Noel Jr based in Mansion, Saranggani province.
Pursuit operation ensued as Sanusi resisted arrest and was critically wounded.
The wounded suspect was rushed to the Amai Pakpak Hospital in Marawi, but died later while undergoing treatment.
The wounded SAF member, whose name was withheld for security reason, sustained his injury when he accidentally fell in the building during the pursuit operation.
Policeman killed as rebels attack construction firm
MANILA: One policeman died, while a civilian was injured after leftist rebels attacked yesterday a construction firm in Aurora.
Lt Tala Servidad, spokeswoman of the Army’s 7th Infantry Division, said New People’s Army rebels went to Villa village in Ma Aurora town and burned a backhoe and a dump truck owned by AP Palacios Construction. The company has been contracted by the government to build a road that will connect Aurora province to Metro Manila.
Servidad said the rebels attacked Palacios because the owner refuses to pay the revolutionary tax.
She said that soldiers from the Army’s 48th Infantry Battalion and local policemen went to Villa village to secure the company. But they were attacked by rebels, who killed a policeman and wounded the civilian in the area.
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