BIFF leader nabbed, son slain in raid
COTABATO CITY, Philippines – A leader of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) was arrested while his son was killed during a raid on their hideout on Tuesday.
Hassan Indal, alias Abu Azam, vice chairman for internal affairs of the BIFF, was collared in Barangay Kalanganan based on a warrant issued by the Cotabato Regional trial Court for murder and double frustrated murder.
Indal did not resist arrest, but his son Alih was killed in a gunfight with the raiding team.
Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla, Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesman, said Indal‘s group was behind a series of atrocities since the BIFF was formed in 2010.
“His reported death (in an air strike) in 2014 was unverified. This time, he was positively identified by witnesses,” Padilla said.
Army and police operatives recovered an M-16 assault rifle, a .45 caliber pistol and a fragmentation grenade at the scene.
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