2 terror group members killed, another nabbed in South Cotabato
Polomolok Police Chief Lt. Col. Alex Joe Orcajada identified the slain suspects as Mohammad Abdul Basier Bin Paucan and Ricky Maguisulan, while their arrested cohort was identified as Abdul Rashid Maranguit.
Security forces, on the other hand, arrested Maranguit during a raid on his house in Barangay Magsaysay where the raiding team seized several grams of shabu from the suspect. Police said the suspects were reportedly members of Dawlah Islamiyah terror group under its sub-leader Abu Omar operating in Region 12 or Soccskargen.
The group was also tagged in the killing of P/Senior Inspector Herman Gabat, Polomolok deputy police chief in 2017.
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