The suspects among the members of the notorious Maute Terrorist Group who were believed to be behind the Davao City bombing, which left at least 15 people dead and 70 others wounded, last month were arrested at a checkpoint in Cotabato City.
In a press briefing yesterday at the AFP
headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City, Lorenzana identified the
arrested suspects as TJ Tagadaya Macabalang, the triggerman of the bomb;
Wendel Apostol Facturan, the bomb courier; and Musali Mustapha, the
documenter of the bombing.
All three
terrorists were presented before the media yesterday at the AFP
Conference Room.
Attending the press briefing were National Security Adviser Hermogenes C. Esperon, AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Ricardo Visaya, PNP Chief Director Ronald Dela Rosa, and Army Chief Lt. Gen. Eduardo Año.
According to Lorenzana, they have recovered solid pieces of evidence showing that they are indeed the terrorists who bombed Davao City on September 2.
Attending the press briefing were National Security Adviser Hermogenes C. Esperon, AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Ricardo Visaya, PNP Chief Director Ronald Dela Rosa, and Army Chief Lt. Gen. Eduardo Año.
According to Lorenzana, they have recovered solid pieces of evidence showing that they are indeed the terrorists who bombed Davao City on September 2.
Lorenzana said the three suspects were
arrested by joint operatives of the AFP and PNP after attempting to
evade the checkpoint on board a motorcycle with no license plates.
Among the confiscated possession were
materials for improvised explosive devices, a sub-machine gun, a caliber
.45 pistol, their motorcycle, and cellular phones.
Lorenzana said that based on initial
investigations and debriefing, it was found that Macabalang detonated
the bomb that was placed in position by Facturan, Mustapha, meanwhile,
took a video of the incident using his cellular phone.
The said video with the other photos of
the incident were recovered from the cellular phones and were supposed
to be used for their propaganda.
A 20-second propaganda video showing Facturan and a photo showing a bomb manual were also recovered from the suspects.
Source: Philippine Star
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