Police yesterday filed charges of multiple murder against nine suspects in the Sept. 2 terror attack, including a man who, witnessed said, carried the bomb that killed 15 people and wounded 69 others in a crowded market in Davao City.
One of the suspects had been described as an expert in bombmaking who has links with international terror groups that sent members and leaders to some parts of Mindanao to flee from a US-led international manhunt.
Among the nine who were charged, only one has been identified, but police are still withholding his name.
The charges were filed past 5p.m. at the city prosecutor's office. Davao City Police Chief Senior Supt. John Dubria and other police officers are present at the filing.
According to Prosecutor Nestor Ledesma, the suspect's identity will not be made public until after a conference among city prosecutors on the care.
Dubria also declined to give details about the motive of the bombing. He also declined to comment on the statement previously released by Philippine National Police Chief, Director General Ronaldo "Bato" dela Rosa, linking the bombing to "narcopoliticians."
A few days after Dela Rosa issued the statement, authorities raided the lair of suspected bomb makers in M'lang, North Cotabato province.
Jorkie Buisan, a suspected bomb maker, was arrested but the main targets Anwar and Guiamadel Sandigan, had eluded authorities. Sandigans were later identified as siblings.
Sources later said Buisan had pointed to Abdulwahab Sabal, vice mayor of Talitay town in Maguindanao province, as among the clients of the bomb makers. Sabal had also been tagged by President Duterte as among government officials involved in drugs.
Police declined to comment on Buisan's claim, but a few days later, Sabal and his wife, Mohanna, were arrested as they exited Cotabato Airport in Awang, Datu Sinsuat town, Maguindanao province. Sabal's bodyguard, Nasser Maulana, and driver, Norodin Abas, were also arrested.
Seized from the group of Sabal were a bomb, guns and "shabu" (methamphetamine hydrocloride).
On Monday, a relative of Sabal said the family received information that the vice mayor is being linked to the bombing.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer
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