Maute leaders' mom arrested in Lanao del Sur

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/06/06/maute-2017.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Photos of the wanted Maute clan members were distributed to the public by police following the terrorist attack in Marawi City. <cite>PNP handout photo</cite></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>LANAO DEL SUR<strong> (UPDATED) </strong>- The mother of the Maute terrorist leaders behind the attack on Marawi City was arrested Friday afternoon in Masiu, Lanao del Sur, police said.</p><p>Ominta Romato &quot;Farhana&quot; Maute and 2 other injured Maute group members were arrested after their vehicle was intercepted in Brgy. Kormatan, Masiu town, ARMM Regional Police Director Reuben Theodore Sindac said.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/06/09/farhana1.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></figure></div><p>Seven other unidentified women in their group were arrested, police said.</p><p>Authorities recovered high powered firearms and improvised explosive devices from the suspects. </p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/06/09/firearms1.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></figure></div><p>Photos acquired by ABS-CBN News showed the firearms, explosives, as well as bundles of cash seized from the suspects.</p><p>Police have yet to identify the companions of the Maute matriarch, including the two men who have unspecified injuries.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/06/09/money.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></figure></div><p>Police said the Maute matriarch&#x27;s group tried to hide in Brgy. Dayawan, Masiu, where they brought a vehicle and guns before they tried to leave Lanao del Sur.</p><p>The Maute matriarch is believed to be the financier of the Maute group, the police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) said after a raid in her Marawi compound in December that yielded explosives.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/life/06/09/wounded-arm.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></figure></div><p>The Maute brothers’ father, Cayamora Maute, was apprehended Tuesday morning at a checkpoint in Sirawan, Toril, Davao City. </p><p>Cayamora and Farhana are the parents of brothers Omar and Abdullah who are leading the terrorist group holed up in Marawi City.</p><p>Cayamora Maute was transferred to Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig, Thursday. <strong>- with reports from Henry Atuelan and Chiara Zambrano, ABS-CBN News</strong></p>

<p>LANAO DEL SUR (UPDATED) - The mother of the Maute terrorist leaders behind the attack on Marawi City was arrested Friday afternoon in Masiu, Lanao del Sur, police said.</p>

LANAO DEL SUR (UPDATED) - The mother of the Maute terrorist leaders behind the attack on Marawi City was arrested Friday afternoon in Masiu, Lanao del Sur, police said.

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Maute leaders' mom arrested in Lanao del Sur

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Published Jun 10, 2017 12:50 AM PHT

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Updated Jun 10, 2017 01:49 AM PHT

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