ZAMBOANGA CITY: Police arrested two Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) militants in a raid on a village in Zamboanga City on Friday aborting an alleged bomb plot by the group.

The militants – Abdul-Latip Talanghati, 64, alias “Latip Sihata’ and Albashrie Talanghati alias ‘Abu Tarik’ – are natives of Luuk town, an Abu Sayyaf stronghold in Sulu.

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