Breaking news: Gracia Burnham kidnap suspect arrested

Breaking news: Gracia Burnham kidnap suspect arrested

Breaking news: Gracia Burnham kidnap suspect arrested
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A member of the Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) who was among the suspects in the 2001 kidnapping of Gracia and Martin Burnham and Guillermo Sobero at the Dos Palmas Resort in Palawan was arrested late Thursday afternoon at North Harbor in Manila.

Lt. Col. Edgard Arevalo, Navy spokesman, identified the suspect as Jumadail Arad, who uses the aliases “Abu Hurayra” and “Asim Mangkabong Absar” who is said to be the operator of the speedboat used during the May 27, 2001 abduction of Subero and the Burnham couple.