ZAMBOANGA CITY: Security forces in Zamboanga City arrested an Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) bandit involved in mass kidnappings in Basilan, a day before the regional anti-terrorism summit here.

Police said Hussin Iril alias Ibba Gani, captured at Paseo del Mar on Thursday afternoon, was implicated in the abductions and brutal killings in Lantawan town after the bandits raided a coconut and rubber plantation there in 2001.

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