Philippines: HIGH-RANKING TERRORIST GROUP MEMBER APPREHENDED IN PAKISTAN

CAMP GENERAL EMILIO AGUINALDO, Quezon City – A high-ranking Jemaah Islamiyah member was apprehended by law enforcement agencies in Pakistan, last January 25, 2011.

Anis Alawi Jaffar alias Omar Patek, believed to be involved in various terrorist attacks including the 2002 and 2005 Bali bombings, 2004 Australian Embassy bombing and 2009 Marriott/Ritz Carlton hotel attacks was arrested together with a Pakistani associate who was assumed to be harboring him.

Patek, 40, imparted his skills with the Abu Sayyaf Group members in using improvised explosive device (IED) while hiding here in the Philippines after the 2002 bombings in Bali, Indonesia.

Armed Forces of the Philippines