Suspect in MSU bombing arrested

By Francisco Tuyay

Dec 08, 2023 7:14 am

MANILA, Philippines: A suspect in the bombing of the Mindanao State University (SU) in Marawi City has been arrested, a spokesman for the Armed Forces of the Philippines told The Manila Times.

Citing an initial report, Col. Xerxes Trinidad, chif of the AFP Public Affairs Office, said the suspect was identified as one Jafar Gamo Sultan, alias Jaf/Kurot, whose affiliation to a terror group remains uncertain.

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