Authorities have arrested the principal suspect in the February ambush on the convoy of Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal Alonto Adiong Jr., the Philippine Army’s 6th Infantry Division (6ID) said Friday.
In a statement, the military said the suspect, identified as Lomala Baratumo, 42, was arrested at a checkpoint in Sitio Morales, Barangay Centrala in Surallah town on Thursday.
Baratumo is now under the custody of the South Cotabato ProvincialPolice Office and will be turned over to Lanao del Sur Provincial Police Office for proper disposition, the military said. Another prime suspect in the ambush, identified as Oscar “Tacmar” Capal Gandawali, was also killed in a police operation on May 3.
Baratomo, alias Commander Lomala, of Barangay Bato-Bato, Maguing, Lanao del Sur, did not resist arrest when nabbed at a checkpoint in Surallah.
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