BEIJING, June 12 (Xinhuanet) -- Philippine army troops and police have captured a top Filipino commander of the Abu Sayyaf Islamist militant group. Filipino security officials said Khair Mundos was arrested in a poor neighborhood near Manila’s international airport.
Mundos is one of the highest-ranking militant suspects to be captured in the country in years. He has acknowledged receiving al-Qaida funds to finance bombings in the country. He has led Abu Sayyaf militants on southern Basilan and is known to have links with members of the Southeast Asian militant network Jemaah Islamiyah.
He was captured in 2004 but escaped in 2007. Abu Sayyaf, which has an estimated 300 armed fighters, has been blamed for deadly bomb attacks, ransom kidnappings and beheadings.
(Source: CNTV.cn)
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