Place of Birth: Philippines;

Gender: Male;

Nationality: Philippine;

General Info:
Philippine authorities detained Abdul Salikala, a suspected Islamic State terrorist group recruiter and firearms supplier in southern Zamboanga Sibugay province.

Salikala was seized during a raid by security forces in the municipality of Tungawan. Police described him as an Islamic State-inspired supporter.

A warrant for Salikala’s arrest had been issued in relation to a 2011 murder case.

He was also monitored recruiting both male and female individuals to be part of the Islamic State in Siocon.

Salikala had transported “undetermined numbers of high-powered firearms” from the municipality of Alicia in Zamboanga Sibugay to undisclosed locations in Siocon municipality, in neighboring Zamboanga del Norte province.

The suspect and some members of his family based in Zamboanga del Norte were supporters of Salahuddin Hassan of Dawlah Islamiya (also known as the Maute group), a militant organization in the southern Philippines that pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in 2015.