From GMA News (Dec 23): High-ranking Abu Sayyaf member dies evading arrest in Sulu
A high-ranking member of the al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf Group was killed while evading arrest in Sulu on Monday, police said.
A high-ranking member of the al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf Group was killed while evading arrest in Sulu on Monday, police said.
The Sulu Provincial Police Office said a composite police team, acting on an arrest warrant issued by Pasig Regional Trial Court Branch 46, managed to track Fraser Hajan to Sitio Luwas, Barangay Nunukan in Parang town.
The team consisted of members of the 52nd Special Action Company and provincial police.
"Subject resisted arrest and fired his pistol against operatives," police said. Hajan was wounded and was brought to a hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.
Recovered from Hajan were a .45 caliber pistol, 14 rounds of .45 caliber ammunition, 44 rounds of 5.56 caliber ammunition, a spy cam, cellphone, and documents from the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), among others.
Hajan is believed to have been involved in the 2000 kidnapping of American Jeffrey Schilling, who was accused of being a CIA agent.
Schilling was rescued by the military after a brief encounter with his kidnappers on April 12, 2001 in Luuk, Sulu.
The Abu Sayyaf is a loosely-organized bandit group of Islamic fundamentalists that has links with the al Qaeda terrorist network.
It has been blamed for the kidnapping and beheading of foreigners and locals and attacks against civilians.
It has been blamed for the kidnapping and beheading of foreigners and locals and attacks against civilians.
The Abu Sayyaf was founded in the early 1990s by Abdurrajak Janjalani, a former member of the MNLF who had trained in Afghanistan.