COTABATO CITY — Authorities revealed that operatives from the Sultan Kudarat Police Provincial Office neutralized one of the suspects in the Yellow Bus Lines bombing in Tacurong City earlier this month after resisting arrest.

Sultan Kudarat Police provincial office spokesperson Lt. Col. Lino Capellan identified the suspect as Aiman Mandi Ali, who was killed as he resisted arrest during Sunday's law enforcement operation here.

"We were to implement an arrest warrant in connection with the November 6 bus bombing in Tacurong City when the suspect opened fire on lawmen," Capellan said.

Also killed was Ali's wife Hainurisa, who was in the same house during the 8:30 a.m. operation in Barangay Rosary Heights 6 here.

Capellan said the couple belonged to Dawlah Islamiya terrorist group under Salahuddin Hassan, a known DI leader operating in Maguindanao.

Capellan said Aiman was also linked to the 31 December 2018 bombing of the South Seas Mall in Cotabato City.

Policemen found two .45-caliber pistols from the suspect's home, fragmentation grenades, improvised bombs and bomb components, motorbike, multicab vehicle, a drone, and various identification cards.