ZAMBOANGA CITY: Security forces captured an Abu Sayyaf terrorist linked to the 2018 kidnapping of a municipal mayor's son in southern Philippines.

The Naval Forces Western Mindanao on Saturday said policemen, backed by soldiers, swooped down on an Abu Sayyaf hideout and captured the 30-year-old Salip Yusop Habibulla in the village of Baliwasan.

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