THE military is validating reports that security forces have killed the youngest brother of Abu Sayyaf Group subleader and notorious bomber Mudzrimar Sawadjaan (alias Mundi) during a series of skirmishes with the terrorist group in Sulu over the weekend.
Joint Task Force Sulu and 11th Infantry Division commander Major Gen. William N. Gonzales said they were looking into reports that Al-al Sawadjaan was killed during the series of encounters with elements of the 2nd Special Forces in Patikul, Sulu.
“We have received initial reports indicating that Mundi’s youngest brother Al-al Sawadjaan was also neutralized during the encounters but it is yet to be verified,” said Gonzales following the death of Sawadjaan’s another brother, Mujafal Sawadjaan, during the operations.
“All our forces are on high alert as we continue to hunt for Mundi Sawadjaan. With the death of most of his followers, it is possible that Mundi is evading our forces all by himself,” Gonzales added.
The military had tagged Mundi in the January 2019 bombing of the Jolo cathedral in Sulu that was perpetrated by an Indonesian couple. He was also tagged behind the twin suicide bombings near the Jolo plaza last year wherein one of the suicide bombers was a Moro woman.
Mundi, who is allied with the IS, is a nephew of Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan, the emir of the IS in Mindanao, who was killed by soldiers during a series of operations in July last year in Patikul.
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