Mr Cholo Abdi Abdullah, 28, was arrested on Monday, July 1, 2019 inside
Rasca Hotel in Iba, Zambales, the Philippines. PHOTO | COURTESY
A joint operation by intelligence officers, police and soldiers
on Monday in the town of Zambales, Philippines, lead to the arrest of a
Kenyan who is suspected to be a member of global terrorist group
Al-Qaeda.
Mr Cholo Abdi Abdullah, 28,
was arrested on Monday afternoon inside room 28 of Rasca Hotel in Iba,
Zambales, where he was found in possession of deadly weapons which
include a 9mm pistol with a loaded magazine, an improvised explosive
device, a MKZ hand grenade and bomb making material.
He
was put into custody in an undisclosed location and police officers
have refused to reveal his whereabouts citing “security reasons.”
The
South East Asian country has seen an upsurge in terror related attacks
which have been linked to Abu Sayyaf, a local militia group that
operates in Philippines.
Police
through the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) Major
General Amador Corpus said that they were investigating whether Mr
Abdullah (below) who went to Philippines in 2017 was linked to Abu
Sayyaf and whether he was planning any major attack in the country.
““It was an urgent operation considering he was described by our foreign counterparts as very dangerous,” he said.
Maj Gen corpus said that police received
foreign intelligence reports about Mr Abdullah who they believe has been
a member of the terrorist group since 2012. The reports described him
as dangerous.
He said that the
intelligence reports assisted the police in pinning down where he was
staying and that they were worried that he might have links to local
terrorist groups.
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