3dGameMan
03-15-2005, 09:18 AM
Police storm Filipino jail, at least 28 killed: ~source (http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1110885528339_12/?hub=TopStories)
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CTV.ca News Staff
The Philippines are bracing for a retaliatory attack after police killed a number of terror suspects in a failed prison uprising in Manila.
Three leaders and a fourth member of the al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group were killed during a morning assault.
At least 28 were killed including three guards and 24 inmates. A police officer was also found dead in the debris after the operation was over.
Abu Sayyaf has been linked to deadly attacks and ransom kidnappings that have resulted in the beheadings of their hostages.
The disturbance began on Monday, when a Sayyaf suspect snatched a guard's weapon.
That quickly led to a prolonged standoff led by about 10 Abu Sayyaf members.
Police are now on alert for attacks after Abu Sayyaf threatened to retaliate for the assault.
"This operation showered with the blood of our brothers will become like vitamins to us," rebel spokesman Abu Solaiman said in a statement sent to religious television network Net25.
"We will bring the war to Manila. That we promise."
Police named the Abu Sayyaf leaders as Alhamzer Manatad Limbong, known as Kosovo; Ghalib Andang, known as Commander Robot; and Nadzmie Sabtulah, alias Commander Global.
Limbong is accused of beheading an American hostage after a mass kidnapping from a Philippine beach resort in 2001. He was also charged with carrying out a bomb attack on a ferry in Manila last year that killed at least 116 people.
Andang and Sabdula were accused of leading the kidnapping of 21 people from Malaysia's Sipadan island in 2000...
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CTV.ca News Staff
The Philippines are bracing for a retaliatory attack after police killed a number of terror suspects in a failed prison uprising in Manila.
Three leaders and a fourth member of the al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group were killed during a morning assault.
At least 28 were killed including three guards and 24 inmates. A police officer was also found dead in the debris after the operation was over.
Abu Sayyaf has been linked to deadly attacks and ransom kidnappings that have resulted in the beheadings of their hostages.
The disturbance began on Monday, when a Sayyaf suspect snatched a guard's weapon.
That quickly led to a prolonged standoff led by about 10 Abu Sayyaf members.
Police are now on alert for attacks after Abu Sayyaf threatened to retaliate for the assault.
"This operation showered with the blood of our brothers will become like vitamins to us," rebel spokesman Abu Solaiman said in a statement sent to religious television network Net25.
"We will bring the war to Manila. That we promise."
Police named the Abu Sayyaf leaders as Alhamzer Manatad Limbong, known as Kosovo; Ghalib Andang, known as Commander Robot; and Nadzmie Sabtulah, alias Commander Global.
Limbong is accused of beheading an American hostage after a mass kidnapping from a Philippine beach resort in 2001. He was also charged with carrying out a bomb attack on a ferry in Manila last year that killed at least 116 people.
Andang and Sabdula were accused of leading the kidnapping of 21 people from Malaysia's Sipadan island in 2000...