Police Retract Report of Rebel Leader’s Arrest
From Times Wire Reports
The Philippine police chief said officials erred in announcing the capture of a top Muslim extremist leader, and he apologized for the mistaken arrest.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said Saturday that Radulan Sahiron, a one-armed commander of the Abu Sayyaf group, had been captured.
National police Director General Arturo Lomibao, however, said the man who was arrested was not Sahiron. The mistakenly arrested villager, who resembles Sahiron and also has one arm, will be released, Lomibao said.
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