DAVAO CITY (January 28)— The Armed Forced of the Philippines Sunday suspects that the Abu Sayyaf bandits could be behind the fatal explosions in St. Carmel Cathedral, Barangay Walled City, Jolo town in Sulu.
Col. Gerry Besana, spokesperson of the military’s Western Mindanao Command, in a statement released last night said the initial result of the investigation pointed to the Abu Sayyaf’s “Ajang-Ajang” group as the perpetrator.
Brig. Gen. Divino Rey Pabayo, commander of Joint Task Force Sulu, said they had received earlier reports of the Abu Sayyaf’s plan to bomb in a crowded area.
Pabayo in an interview with ANC yesterday revealed “There’s been long time that we are receiving information that ASG with a foreign terrorist in the area are planning to do bombing in an urban or populated area.”
Besana stressed, they based their their judgement on the CCTV footage they recovered.
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In two blast claimed 20 lives and wounded 111 others.-NewsLine.ph
