{"id":41290,"date":"2015-02-08T02:04:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-07T18:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=41290"},"modified":"2015-02-08T02:04:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T18:04:00","slug":"afp-to-concentrate-on-arrest-neutralization-of-top-terror-suspect-usman-spokesperson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/02\/08\/afp-to-concentrate-on-arrest-neutralization-of-top-terror-suspect-usman-spokesperson\/","title":{"rendered":"AFP to concentrate on arrest, neutralization of top terror suspect Usman &#8212; spokesperson"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_41351\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41351\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/abdul-basit-usman.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41351\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/abdul-basit-usman.png\" alt=\"Abdul Basit Usman\" width=\"500\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/abdul-basit-usman.png 500w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/abdul-basit-usman-300x239.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abdul Basit Usman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; With the American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) DNA test confirming the death of Malaysian bomb-maker Zulkifli bin Hir alias &#8220;Marwan,&#8221; efforts will be concentrated to capture or neutralize Filipino bomber Basit Usman, now the most wanted terrorist in the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>This was stressed by Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson Col. Restituto Padilla during a press briefing late Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Instructions are for his immediate capture or neutralization, if he tries to resist arrest,&#8221; he said in Filipino.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All wanted terrorists in the Philippines will be arrested or neutralized whenever the opportunity presents itself,&#8221; Padilla stressed.<\/p>\n<p>Usman is a bomb-making expert with links to the Abu Sayyaf Group and Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist organizations operating in parts of southern Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>He is believed to have orchestrated several bombings that have killed, injured, and maimed many innocent civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Usman has been indicted in the Philippines for his role in multiple bombing incidents since 2003, and the government has issued a warrant for his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Usman is also among the most wanted terrorists of the FBI with a USD1-million reward for his immediate capture or neutralization.<\/p>\n<p>Usman was the second priority target of Special Action Force (SAF) members who participated in the Mamasapano, Maguindanao operation that resulted in the killing of Marwan last Jan. 25.<\/p>\n<p>Forty-four SAF men were killed in the ensuing firefight with members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; With the American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) DNA test confirming the death of Malaysian bomb-maker Zulkifli bin &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":41351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news-ph","mauthors-priam-f-nepomuceno","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}