COTABATO CITY—Soldiers and policemen on Wednesday captured here a Saudi national said to be working for the international terror network Islamic State (IS), according to police.
The Saudi national, Adel Sulaiman Alsuhibani, has been involved in IS as a liaison in bringing other Arab IS members to the Philippines, said Maj. Esmael Madin, provincial officer of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in Maguindanao.
Madin, in a report, said Alsuhabini was arrested with a certain Norhaya Silongan Lumanggal. He did not provide more details, though.
Policemen and soldiers served a search warrant on Alsuhabini’s residence and found a homemade bomb and bomb components in…
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