The military says the suspect, while arrested due to murder and arson cases, has been wanted since 2008 for atrocities in Cotabato province and what is now Maguindanao del Norte.
GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines – Authorities pounced on a man in a hospital in Cotabato City who turned out to be long wanted for his alleged involvement in bombings in Mindanao and a string of atrocities in the Bangsamoro region since 2008.
Basilan, accused by the military as a member of the Karialan faction of the extremist group Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters , was at the state-run Cotabato Regional Medical Center when he was arrested. It was unclear exactly why the suspect was in the hospital, but authorities took him with them.
Gavinales said Basilan is a bomb expert and a trusted aide of the late Moro Islamic Liberation Front leader Ameril Umbra Kato, who figured in the killing of Musa Alamada alias Commander Paradise of the MILF’s 105th Base Command. Rillera also alleged that Basilan worked as a gun-for-hire and was linked to harassment and landmine attacks on military installations in Sitio Risingan, Barangay Dungguan, Aleosan town in Cotabato province.
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