Local terrorist group sub-leader neutralized in Maguindanao

May 13 ------ A local terrorist group sub-leader was neutralized by the Philippine military in a special operation in Maguindanao on Tuesday. Western Mindanao Command chief Lieutenant General Corleto Vinluan Jr. said Kopang Sahakl, a.k.a. Tarzan, a sub-leader of the Daulah Islamiyah-Maguid Group, was neutralized by soldiers of the 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade in Barangay Dapaiawan, Datu Saudi Ampatuan. Kopang Sahak was listed in the Department of National Defense arrest order no. 216, with a standing warrant of arrest for frustrated murder, Colonel Pedro Balisi, commander of the 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade, said.

"We continue to mount our offensives to neutralize the remaining members of the Daulah Islamiyah-Maguid Group in the area," Joint Task Force Central Commander Major General Juvymax Uy added. According to Wesmincom, a total of 11 Daulah Islamiyah personalities were neutralized in central Mindanao. "With the neutralization of their leader, it is expected that the group will weaken, Viluan said.

Source: gmanetwork.com