Philippines police nab wife of dead militant

JAKARTA: Philippines security forces have arrested the Indonesian wife of an Islamic militant who helped plan and lead the assault on the southern Philippines city of Marawi, Indonesian police said.

National police spokesman Wasisto, who uses one name, said Minhati Madrais was captured with her six children – four girls and two boys – in Iligan city north of Marawi on Sunday. Bomb-making materials such as detonators were also seized.

Her husband, Omarkhayam, was one of hundreds of militants killed by Philippines forces as they battled to regain control of the city.

The Philippines government declared in late October that the five-month siege which killed more than 1 100 people was over.

Madrais, 36, is from Bekasi, a West Java town east of Jakarta, and went to the Philippines in 2015.