Abu Sayyaf terrorist nabbed in QC
A suspected Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorist, who is wanted for seven criminal cases in Basilan, has been arrested by the authorities in Quezon City, the Philippine National Police (PNP) announced Holy Monday.
Police General Oscar Albayalde, PNP chief, identified the suspect as Abuhair Kullim Indal alias "Annual Dasil" and "Abu Khair," 32, of Cotabato Street, Salam Compound, Barangay Culiat, Quezon City.
Indal was arrested by operatives of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD)'s Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (CIDU), PNP-Intelligence Group (IG), Talipapa Police Station (PS-3) and QCPD-Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) who served a warrant of arrest in his house around 4:25 p.m. Friday.
According to Albayalde, Indal was a "trusted aide" of Abu Sayyaf leader Furuji Indama and a member of a unit led by former subleader Nur Hassan Jamiri, who surrendered to authorities on March 28, 2018.
Indal is a respondent in seven separate criminal cases in connection with his alleged participation in the kidnapping of 15 plantation workers of the Golden Harvest Plantation in Brgy. Tairan, Lantawan, Basilan on June 11, 2001. The kidnapping incident was led by the late ASG leader Isnilon Hapilon.
He is also the subject of a warrant of arrest issued by Hon. Leo Jay Principe, presiding judge of the Regional Trial Court, 9th Judicial Region, Branch 1, Isabela City, Basilan dated Jan. 28, 2008 for kidnapping and serious illegal detention.
P/ Brig. Gen. Joselito Esquivel, QCPD director, said they received information about Indal from residents of Barangay Culiat.
Esquivel said they later got another tip that Indal, who was mixing around the community known among the locals as Annual Dasil and Abu Khair, has an existing warrant of arrest in Region 9 for the kidnapping of the 15 plantation workers.
"When confronted by the arresting officers, Abu Khair attempted to resist arrest by running to his room to get a hand grenade but was effectively subdued before he can detonate the explosive," Albayalde stressed.