Suspected Sayyaf bandit captured in Zambo City

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – Police have arrested an alleged Abu Sayyaf rebel in this southern Philippine port city on Saturday, reports said. Police told local radio stations suspected militant Ahmad Edris was cornered at the port of Zamboanga on Friday shortly after he disembarked from a ferry that came from Basilan province, where security forces are hunting down other members of the Jemaah Islamiyah-linked terror group. No details were made available about Edris' arrest on Friday and little is known about the man that police said is included in the government’s most wanted list. It was unclear how Edris was able to flee from the island without being detected, but police in Basilan said they have no reports about the man's arrest nor it was information about his background. Reports said Edris was involved in several kidnappings in the southern Philippines. It was not immediately known whether Edris was planning to strike in Zamboanga or escaped the ongoing operation in Basilan, about 20 kiliometers south of Zamboanga City. The Abu Sayyaf, listed by the United States as a foreign terrorist organization alongside with al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiya, had kidnapped wealthy people and bombed Zamboanga City in the past. GMANews.TV