2 captured Abu Sayyaf bandits involved in 2009 beheadings

ZAMBOANGA City, Philippines - Two of the three suspected Abu Sayyaf Group bombers captured last December 29 are involved in the beheading of seven kidnapped laborers in Sulu in 2009.

Chief Inspector Edilberto Alvarez, acting chief of the city police's Station 11, said arrested bandits Jumdan Dasan and Marsel Jumadil are among those who beheaded the seven laborers.

The gruesome act was recorded and uploaded to the internet by the bandit group. Bandits were seen hacking heads off the laborers one by one while praying in Arabic.

"The two suspects were positively identified by witnesses as members of the group of (Abu Sayyaf leader) Abu Dok,"  Alvarez said.

Abu Dok's group is behind the beheading of the seven laborers in 2009.

The suspects, along with Arsharif Abdni of Tandubaw, Tawi-Tawi, were arrested last December 29 following the bombing of a local massage and videoke bar in the city's downtown area.

The three suspects have been charged as principal suspects in the bombing.