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(Eagle News)–Another suspect in the blast in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat early this month has been arrested. The suspect was identified as Kamlon Tongab Camsa. The police said two hand grenades were seized from him. Earlier the police said four people behind the blast that injured at least seven people had been arrested. They were identified as Hassan Akgun, a Swedish national; Abedin Camsa; Normia Camsa; and Norshiya Camsa. Authorities had said they were looking at […]
(Eagle News)–Authorities have nabbed four suspects, including a Swedish national, in the blast in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat that hurt at least seven people early this month. Armed Forces Western Mindanao Command spokesperson Major Arvin Encinas said in a statement that Swedish national Hassan Akgun, Abedin Camsa, Normia Camsa, and Norshiya Camsa were nabbed in Barangay Kapaya, Bagumbayan. Seized from the suspects were one M-16 rifle with magazine containing 27 ammunition, one caliber .45 colt […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, April 4, condemned the blast in Sultan Kudarat that hurt at least 18 people, including children. According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, an investigation was already under way. Authorities have, however, said extortion by rebel groups was a “probable motive” for the attack. The police said weeks before the blast, the restaurant’s owner received extortion demands through text. “While we commit to bring the perpetrators to justice, we […]
(Eagle News)– Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Thursday, Aug. 30, expressed support for martial law in Mindanao, after the Palace floated the possibility of extending the same following the blast in Sultan Kudarat that killed at least three people. “I support martial law in Mindanao,” she said. She said she supports “what the President does because I’ve been President and I believe that he (President Rodrigo Duterte) doesn’t need a peanut gallery to tell him what […]
(Eagle News)—-Authorities are eyeing another group in the blast in Sultan Kudarat on Tuesday, Aug. 28, as the death toll rose to three. A report over dzbb said authorities were looking into the possibility one Abu Turaifie group, led by one Esmail Sheikh Abdulmalik alias Abu Turaifie, was behind the incident in Isulan that also injured over 30 others. The Philippine National Police said the group claimed to have ties with the Islamic State. Earlier, […]
(Eagle News) — Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea on Wednesday, Aug. 28, said extending martial law in Mindanao was an option following the blast in Sultan Kudarat that killed two and injured over 30 others. “It’s an option, but nandiyan ‘yun,” Medialdea said at the House of Representatives when asked if making the extension was a possibility. Martial law in Mindanao will lapse on December 31. “We’re trying to make it as easy as possible na […]
(Eagle News) — Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio on Wednesday, Aug. 25, said the decision to extend martial law in Mindanao following the deadly blast in Sultan Kudarat was left to the military, the police and Malacanang. “We follow the decision of the OP (Office of the President), AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines and PNP (Philippine National Police) because they are better informed by the intelligence units on the need to extend martial law […]
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Wednesday, Aug. 29, condemned the blast in Sultan Kudarat that killed two and injured over 30 people on Tuesday night. “We vow to bring the perpetrators of this brazen attack to (sic) justice,” he said. The military so far dismissed reports the Islamic State was behind the bombing, airing their suspicions instead that the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters were behind the attack. “We will apply the full force of the […]
