An Indonesian national linked to the terror group Jemaah Islamiyah was arrested Saturday morning in Davao Oriental.
Muhammad Baehaqi alias Latip, Salam and Tato, was collared during a raid by military in a house in Piso, Banaybanay in possession of a .22 Winchester rifle, a shotgun and blasting caps, detonating cords and other bomb-making materials and equipment.
Arrested with Baehaqi were Idamat Generoso and his son Ustadz Mujar, who is a member of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) that the military said is linked to the Jemaah Islamiyah. Baehagi was nabbed in the house of the Idamat Generoso, an employee of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
Baehaqi is said to have undergone explosives training under Jemaah Islamiyah bomb experts Dulmatin and Omar patek, and suspected as the leader of a terrorist team that recently bombed General Santos City, and Makilala and Kidapawan City in North Cotabato.
Major Roland Rodil, commanding officer of the 25th Army Infantry Battalion, said the arrest followed tips from informants about the presense of Baehaqi in Piso, a prdominantly Muslim village.
Antonio Arellano, regional state prosecutor, said Idamat and Ustadz Muhar Generoso would be facing chrges of illegal possession of firearms and explosive and obstruction of apprehension of criminal offender for coddling Behaqi.
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