MANILA, June 26 — Philippine security forces killed four suspected Abu Sayyaf terrorists in a shootout inside a subdivision in the country’s capital Manila early today, reported Xinhua news agency. Police said a team of soldiers and policemen went to the subdivision in Paranaque City, Metro...
Friday, 26 Jun 2020 05:15 PM MYT
Police said a team of soldiers and policemen went to the subdivision in Paranaque City, Metro Manila, at midnight on Friday to serve an arrest warrant to one of the suspects for an alleged violation of illegal possession of firearm and ammunition. The new law, an enhanced version of a 2007 counter-terror law, was crafted “in order to adequately and effectively contain the menace of terrorist acts for the preservation of national security,” according to Duterte’s letter dated on June 1, 2020, urging the House of Representatives to act immediately on the bill.
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