MANILA, Philippines – Two suspected members of a local terrorist group were killed in an encounter with the police in Polomolok, South Cotabato on Tuesday.
PNP Chief Debold M. Sinas, in a statement on Wednesday, identified the two slain suspects as Jourhan Palalisan Utap and Mohaimen Palalisan Utap.
A report from Police Regional Office (PRO)-12 regional director Police Brigadier General Michael John Dubria said the suspects are active members of the terrorist group Dawlah Islamiya-Socsargen Khatiba under Ali Boy Nilong.
Sinas said elements of the PNP Special Action Force and PRO-12 operatives were about to a warrant for the arrest of Jourhan when he and his younger brother Mohai…
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