Scene in the aftermath of the Davao City Night Market explosion. AFP file photograph.
Government security forces on Saturday arrested four more persons suspected to be involved in the deadly Davao City Night Market bombing incident of September 2, 2016, an army official said Saturday, according to Philippine Army spokesman, Col. Benjamin Hao.
At least 14 people died and more than 60 others were wounded after a powerful bomb went off at the commercial enclave along Roxas Blvd., which prompted President Rodrigo Duterte to declare a state of lawlessness.
Hao said in a statement that the four suspects were arrested by combined military and police elements, together with personnel from the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) in separate law enforcement operations in Cotabato City.
Hao said that the four arrested suspects were reportedly members of the Dawla Islamiya, which is also known as the Maute Group reportedly involved in the commission of several atrocities in Mindanao.
They were arrested after government forces raided their hideouts inside the compound of the Southern Philippine Development Authority (SPDA) at Brgy. Tamontaka and along Ilang-Ilang St., in Brgy. Rosary Heights, both in Cotabato City.
Hao named the four arrested suspects as Mohammad Lalaog Chenikandiyil alias Datu Boi; Jackson Mangulamas alias 'Abu Mansor'; Zack Villanueva Lopez alias 'Harot' and Ansan Abdulla alias 'Abu Hamsa'.
He elaborated that the operation carried out by virtue of a search warrant for violation of R.A. 10951 (Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunitions Act of 2013), issued by Banzawan Ibrahim, executive judge of Branch 13 of the 12th Judicial Region of Cotabato City RTC.
Hao said that the group's hideout were identified through information relayed by a so-called action agent, corroborated by follow-up operations made after the arrest last October 4 of three other suspects also involved in the bombing.
Hao said the four arrested suspects are now under the custody of the local unit of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Cotabato City to facilitate the carrying out of legal procedures.
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/133812/govt-security-operatives-arrest-four-more-davao-city-bombing-suspects
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