MANILA, Philippines (AP): Philippine forces have arrested nine women who were related to Abu Sayyaf commanders and militants in the south and could have been "potential suicide bombers,” the military said Tuesday.
The women were captured Friday in raids on houses in three towns in the predominantly Muslim province of Sulu, said Lt. Gen. Corleto Vinluan, Jr., who heads the military’s Western Mindanao Command.
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