Duterte’s bounty on Muslim extremists
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PHILIPPINE President Rodrigo Duterte offered a bounty yesterday for the capture of Muslim extremists.
They were behind a foiled attack on a central resort island, and Duterte said he ordered the navy to bomb militants who travel by boat in search of kidnap victims.
The tough-talking leader told reporters during a visit to central Bohol province that he was considering arming civilians there so they could help the government fight terrorists and drug suspects, adding he preferred outlaws dead than alive.
His visit came a week after troops, backed by air strikes, battled Abu Sayyaf fighters, leaving four militants, three soldiers, a policeman and two villagers dead. Troops are hunting several extremists who escaped.
The 1 million peso (US$20,000) reward is for information that would allow the military or police to capture the fleeing militants, Duterte said. He said that informants’ identities would be kept confidential.
Military officials said the extremists traveled far from their jungle bases in southern Sulu province to carry out kidnappings for ransom and bombings for the first time in Bohol, a popular tourism destination for its white-sand beaches, waterfalls, caves and wildlife.
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