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Kabalu’s brother killed in drug raid

- John Unson -
COTABATO CITY — Lawmen shot dead a brother of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) spokesman Eid Kabalu during an anti-narcotics raid that sparked a firefight with drug traffickers at a secluded village here the other night.

Senior Inspector Samsom Obatay, commander of the city’s Police Special Operations Group, said the suspect, Bayan Kabalu, died from multiple gunshot wounds.

Obatay said Kabalu, known in the underworld as Alex, and his companions opened fire on the approaching policemen and the Army-led Task Force Tugis, who tried to surround their hideout in Bagua district here.

Obatay said one of Kabalu’s companion, Samsudin Katambak, who was implicated in recent robbery and murder cases, fled into a nearby rice field while his companions were trading shots with advancing policemen.

Another member of the Kabalu family, identified as Mustapha, voluntarily turned himself in after sensing that their hideout had been surrounded.

Katambak was arrested about a year ago but escaped from detention and has since been hiding.

ALEX

BAGUA

BAYAN KABALU

EID KABALU

KABALU

MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT

OBATAY

POLICE SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP

SAMSUDIN KATAMBAK

SENIOR INSPECTOR SAMSOM OBATAY

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