Abu leader with P1.2-million bounty falls in Basilan
ZAMBOANGA CITY , Philippines – Marines raided an Abu Sayyaf hideout in Lantawan, Basilan yesterday and captured a suspected sub-leader of the militant group, a military official said.
Lt. Gen. Ben Dolorfino, chief of the Armed Forces’ Western Mindanao Command, said the suspect, Kaiser Said Usman, alias Kaiser Said, carried a bounty of P1.2 million.
Dolorfino said the elements of the Marine Battalion Landing Team 1 under Lt. Col. Fernando Gomez captured Usman in his and his brother Algaber’s safehouse in Sitio Kagiit, Barangay Bulan-Bulan at around 2:30 a.m. yesterday. Algaber managed to escape.
Usman was tagged in the kidnapping of mostly foreign tourists in a Palawan resort in 2001.
The Usman brothers were among the more than 30 inmates who escaped from the Basilan provincial jail last December.
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