SANDAKAN: The Philippines military is tracking a group of about a dozen men led by well known bandit Ladji Adam, who is believed to be the mastermind behind last Sunday’s attack on the tugboat East Ocean 2 and the kidnapping of three of its crew in the Sulu Sea.
Ladji’s father, on the island of Buan, was arrested on Monday after at least eight of the gunmen had visited him earlier in the day, according to Taganak island mayor Mibaral Tang in a telephone interview.
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