Maguindanao del Sur police arrest bombing suspect

Authorities in Maguindanao del Sur have apprehended a suspect linked to the 2021 bombing of a bus in Tulunan, Cotabato.

The arrested individual, identified as Taludin Saligan, was taken into custody on April 28 in General Salipada K. Pendatun town.

Police presented arrest warrants for murder and frustrated murder against Saligan from courts in Cotabato City and Kidapawan City.

Saligan is accused of planting the improvised bomb that exploded at a bus terminal's waiting shed, resulting in one death and nine injuries.

He is identified as one of the masterminds behind the bombing and a member of the Dawlah Islamiya, Al-Khobar, and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.

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