Tag: Lamitan blast

PNP: Eighteen charged over deadly Lamitan blast

(Eagle News)—Eighteen people have been charged in connection with the Lamitan, Basilan blast that killed 10 people. Of the 18 charged with multiple frustrated murder before an Isabela court , only eight—Musa Jallaha, Nsir Nuruddin, Julamin Arundoh, Al Basir Ahmad, Julamin Arundoh, Saad Tedie, Ammar Indama, Hadji Hurang and Abdurahim Lijal have been arrested, Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde said. The ten people were killed after the bomb detonated at a military checkpoint on […]

Police arrest several suspects in Lamitan blast

(Eagle News) — The police have placed in their custody several suspects in the Lamitan blast in Basilan that killed several people. A report said the suspects were members of the Abu Sayyaf Group. The police have yet to release the identities of the suspects. On July 31, a bomb went off near an Army detachment along the Magwakit intersection of Barangays Bulanting and Colonia, killing at least ten people. The bomb was allegedly intended to […]