MSU Marawi bombing suspect nabbed
FILE: This handout photo taken on 3 December 2023 and released via the Lanao Del Sur Provincial Information Office's Facebook page shows police and the provincial governor Mamintal Adiong Jr. (back, center with cap) inspecting the site of a bomb attack inside a gymnasium at Mindanao State University in Marawi.
Photo by Handout / Lanao Del Sur Provincial Information Office / AFP
GENERAL SANTOS CITY — A suspect in the infamous Mindanao State University-Marawi campus bombing has been arrested by police authorities recently.
In a media statement, Lanao del Sur Police Provincial Director, Colonel Robert Daculan identified the suspect as one alias Lapitos. Lapitos was arrested by virtue of a warrant of arrest at around 4:20 in the afternoon on Wednesday, 16 October in Barangay Maria Christina, Iligan City Lanao del Norte.
To recall, on 3 December 2023 a bomb suddenly exploded inside the MSU Gymnasium while a Eucharistic celebration was ongoing wherein 4 people died and 57 more injured in the blast. Three days after the explosion a suspect was apprehended by the police identified as Jafar Gamo Sultan in Barangay Dulay Proper, Marawi City.
The suspect Lapitos was also identified as Lanao Sur’s top most wanted will be facing violation of Section 4 of Republic Act 11479 or the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020. The court has not recommended any bail for his temporary liberty.
Police also disclosed that the arrested suspect is a member of the Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group, a local terror group that invaded Marawi City during the term of former President Rodrigo Duterte.