Philippine security forces on 'alert' for reprisals after arresting Abu Sayyaf militant

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Philippine security forces 'alert' for reprisals after arresting Abu Sayyaf militant

MANILA - Philippine security forces were on alert Saturday for possible reprisal attacks after arresting a key leader of an Islamic State of Syria and Iraq -linked militant group accused of kidnapping and beheading several foreigners.

He has been charged with 23 murders, five kidnappings and six attempted murders, a police statement said. "The Philippine National Police along with the Armed Forces of the Philippines remain alert and vigilant to prevent and respond to any reprisal attack," police spokesman Brigadier-General Bernard Banac told AFP.

In 2017 Susukan's group also beheaded Jurgen Kantner, who was abducted from his yacht off the southern Philippines the previous year, said military spokesman Brigadier-General Edgard Arevalo.

 

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