COTABATO CITY: The Region 12 police arrested three alleged members of the Ansarul Khilafah in the Philippines (AKP) in South Cotabato as a campaign against jihadists was intensified.

Supt. Romeo Galgo Jr., spokesman for Philippine National Police (PNP) Region 12, identified the suspects as Abdullah Nilong, alias Ali; his brother Zaidon; and Rebskie Dumat, barangay (village) chief, all alleged members of the AKP, a Sarangani-based jihadist group that vowed support to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria in 2014.

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