ZAMBOANGA: Anti-terrorist agents have captured a suspected member of an al-Qaeda-linked extremist group who allegedly helped kidnap an American and a group of schoolchildren four years ago, the military said yesterday.
Binang Andang, suspected to be a senior member of the Abu Sayyaf group, was arrested late on Friday on a ferry to Tawi-Tawi, the Philippines' southernmost province, a military report said.
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