Duterte eyes bounty for Jolo church bombers — Lorenzana
Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 10:00:41 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte is planning to put up cash reward for the arrest of suspects in the deadly double explosions at a Jolo cathedral in Sulu last Sunday, which killed 21 people and injured at least a hundred.
“Merong balak magbigay ng pabuya ang Presidente, sabi niya kahapon, magbibigay siya ng cash reward sa mga taong makakapagbigay ng impormasyon, kung papano mahuli o ma-neutralize itong mga taong ito,” Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said in an interview on DZRH on Tuesday.
(The President said yesterday that he is planning to give a cash reward to anyone who could share relevant information that could lead to the arrest of the suspects.)
Lorenzana could not immediately say the exact amount, however: “Siguro within a couple of days lalabas na ‘yung exact amount.”
(Maybe in a couple of days we’ll know the exact amount.)
The first bomb went off inside the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cathedral during Mass, and moments later followed by a second blast outside as government troops rushed to respond to the scene.
Duterte has ordered the military and police to annihilate “by whatever means” the Abu Sayyaf Group, primary suspect in the twin blasts.
But ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack. However, the military said it could be propaganda even if they are not dismissing the claim.
Lorenzana said they would step up their operations further after the incident, hoping that residents would cooperate to find the suspects.
“Hopefully we can get the people to cooperate with us to finally identify these people, who are they, kasi although meron tayong mga impormasyon sino sila ay napakahirap silang hanapin dahil nga wala tayong impormasyon sa loob,” he said.
(Hopefully we can get the people to cooperate with us to finally identify these people. While he have leads on the suspects, it’s hard to trace them because it’s difficult to obtain inside information.)
“Napakahirap maglagay ng mga intelligence operative dyan dahil kung hindi nila kilala ‘yung tao ay hindi sila magbibigay ng impormasyon,” he added.
(It’s difficult to place an intelligence operative because the people won’t give any information to people they are not familiar with). /kga