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AUTHORITIES arrested a deputy leader of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) who was wanted for the murder of a barangay official in 2014.
Hadji Faisal Abdulkarim was arrested during a counter-terrorism operation carried out by the intelligence group of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Special Action Force (SAF) in Barangay Matata, Ungkaya Pukan, Basilan at 2 am on Saturday December 12 2020.
PNP chief Debold Sinas said Abdulkarim had a permanent arrest warrant for murder and another for arson.
Sinas said Abdulkarim is a deputy leader of the ASG-Dawlah Islamiyah Basilan group that operates under Radzmil Jannatul, successor to the leader of the ASG Basilan, Furuji Indama.
Abdulkarim was the main suspect in the assassination of barangay president Naber Usani in 2014 and the attack and burning of several houses in Barangay Bulo-Bulo, Sumisip, Basilan in 2004.
The assault team confiscated three assault rifles, an M203 grenade launcher and rounds of 40mm grenade ammunition from Abdulkarim.
Sinas said Abdulkarim is harboring wounded ASG fighters from Sulu at his makeshift medical station in Basilan, where the officers they arrested also found assorted medical supplies.
“We are subjecting the recovered mobile phone to a digital forensic examination to determine its links to other known terrorist personalities and possible sources of foreign funds,” he said. (SunStar Philippines)
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