A GANG leader wanted for a string of criminal charges was arrested after a bloody clash with members of a joint military task force that left one dead and a civilian wounded on Wednesday in Omar, Sulu.

Army Captain Jo-ann Petinglay, Western Mindanao Command spokesman, said Saudi Hamja was captured in the village of Capual in the town of Omar.

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