ZAMBOANGA CITY: Security forces are holding eight members and relatives of a jihadist group leader--Abdullah Maute--tagged as behind a series of terrorist attacks in southern Mindanao.

Philippine Army soldiers and policemen intercepted the group that included three women while it was transporting explosives onboard a van in Barangay Nanagun in Lumbayanague town, Lanao del Sur.

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