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Suspected woman suicide bomber killed in Sulu explosion @ 2019-09-09T12: Back Hot News
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MANILA, PHILIPPINES (UPDATED) – AN ALLEGED SUICIDE BOMBER WAS KILLED IN AN ATTACK ON A MILITARY CAMP IN INDANAN, SULU, ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, ACCORDING TO THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP).
MAJ. ARVIN JOHN ENCINAS, WESTERN MINDANAO COMMAND (WESTMINCOM) SPOKESPERSON, SAID THE INCIDENT, WHICH HAPPENED AROUND 5:45 P.M. SUNDAY IN BARANGAY KAJATIAN, INDANAN, SULU, RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF A LIKELY FEMALE BOMB CARRIER.
“INITIAL INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THAT ON ON THE ABOVE-CITED DATE AND TIME, CPL ASMADA S SABDANI OF 35IB PA NOTICED A FEMALE PERSON WEARING BLACK HIJAB KNOWN AS ABAYA WHO WAS WALKING ALONG THE ROAD OF THE KM3 HIGHWAY GOING TO THE CAMP OF ALPHA COMPANY, 35IB (PA) LOCATED IN THE AFOREMENTIONED PLACE. WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT TO ENTER THE GATE, THE DUTY GUARD TOOK COVER HIMSELF AND WARNED THE SUSPECT. HOWEVER, THE SUSPECT DETONATED AN IED CAUSING HER BODY TO BE BLOWN/SHREDDED INTO PIECES. NO CASUALTY WAS REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT. POST-BLAST INVESTIGATION AND CRIME SCENE PROCESSING IS ONGOING,” THE REPORT SAID.
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THE JAN. 27 TWIN BOMBINGS AT OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL CATHEDRAL IN JOLO, THE CAPITAL OF SULU PROVINCE, WERE AMONG THE WORST ACTS OF TERROR IN THE PHILIPPINES IN YEARS. THE ATTACKS, WHICH INJURED MORE THAN 100, TOOK ALMOST A YEAR OF PLANNING, PHILIPPINE AUTHORITIES SAY.
REPORTS SAY THE SRI LANKAN SUICIDE BOMBERS HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE PHILIPPINES AND THAT ONE OF THEM, A FEMALE, HAS BEEN IN THE COUNTRY SINCE NOVEMBER 2018. SHE WAS ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN PLOTTING THE JOLO, SULU TWIN BLASTS THAT LEFT 23 PEOPLE DEAD IN JANUARY. AUTHORITIES HAVE TAGGED AN INDONESIAN COUPLE AS BEHIND THE SUICIDE BOMBING. REPORTS SAY THE OTHER SUICIDE BOMBER ENTERED THE COUNTRY THIS JUNE, AND THAT THEY ARE NOW PLANNING TO BOMB CHURCHES IN LUZON.
A FILE PHOTO OF A SECURITY OFFICER INSPECTING TRAVELLERS AT THE NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. PHILIPPINE SECURITY OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING REPORTS AGAINST TWO SRI LANKANS WHO ENTERED THE COUNTRY, EVEN AS ONE OF THEM DENIED ACCUSATIONS AGAINST HER.
AFTER HIS DEATH, THE MILITARY AND SECURITY EXPERTS SAID THAT A LITTLE-KNOWN ABU SAYYAF LEADER, HATIB HAJAN SAWADJAAN, HAD EMERGED AS THE NEW CHIEF OF IS IN THE PHILIPPINES. IN 2019 SO FAR, AUTHORITIES HAVE BLAMED HIM FOR ORDERING OUT A SERIES OF DEADLY BOMBINGS ON JOLO ISLAND, WHICH IS PART OF SULU PROVINCE. THESE ATTACKS INCLUDED A TWIN BOMBING THAT KILLED 23 PEOPLE AT A CHURCH IN LATER JANUARY.
MOST OF THESE FOREIGN JIHADISTS ARE OPERATING ALONGSIDE LOCAL BANDIT GROUPS LIKE THE ABU SAYYAF IN SULU AND SEVERAL FACTIONS OF THE BANGSAMORO ISLAMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS IN CENTRAL MINDANAO, LANAO PROVINCES AND MAINLAND ZAMBOANGA PENINSULA. – WITH JAIME LAUDE, EMMANUEL TUPAS, JOSE RODEL CLAPANO
MR ROMMEL BANLAOI, HEAD OF THE PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE FOR PEACE, VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM RESEARCH, TOLD THE STRAITS TIMES THAT STO DOMINGO WAS INVOLVED IN PLOTTING THE SUICIDE ATTACK IN JANUARY THIS YEAR ON A ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL IN SULU PROVINCE, THAT KILLED 23 PEOPLE AND WOUNDED AT LEAST 100. INDONESIAN POLICE TAGGED INDONESIANS RULLIE RIAN ZEKE AND ULFAH HANDAYANI AS THE BOMBERS.
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER HERMOGENES ESPERSON NOTED THAT THERE HAD BEEN THREE SUICIDE BOMBING ATTACKS IN MINDANAO IN LESS THAN A YEAR – TWO IN SULU AND ONE IN BASILAN. AUTHORITIES EARLIER IDENTIFIED THE JUNE 28 TWIN BLASTS AT A MILITARY CAMP IN INDANAN, SULU AS THE FIRST SUICIDE BOMBING EVER CONDUCTED BY A FILIPINO. MEANWHILE, AN INDONESIAN COUPLE IS BELIEVED TO BE BEHIND THE BOMBING OF A CATHEDRAL IN JOLO, SULU WHICH KILLED 23 PEOPLE IN JANUARY. IN JULY 2018, A VAN-BOMB EXPLOSION LEFT 11 PEOPLE DEAD AT A SECURITY CHECKPOINT IN LAMITAN, BASILAN.
VOICE ACTOR AND INSTRUCTOR JOHNNY HELLER (LEFT) OFFERS TIPS TO VOICE ACTOR DAVID MCKEEL DURING A RECORDING SESSION AT EDGE STUDIO IN NEW YORK. PHOTO: THE WASHINGTON POST/BRYAN ANSELM
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