Preacher arrested over Basilan van blast

Leizel Lacastesantos, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/08/02/huli.jpg"/><figcaption>An ustadz is detained for alleged connection to the explosion that rocked Lamitan City, Basilan on Tuesday. ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>LAMITAN CITY, Basilan - A preacher or ustadz was arrested here on Wednesday over a bomb explosion that left 10 people dead.The suspect, 58-year-old Indalin Jainul, was accosted for illegal possession of explosive after he was found with a fragmentation grenade.He was later implicated in the explosion of a vehicle that passed through a checkpoint here Tuesday, authorities said.Additional charges of multiple murder, multiple serious physical injuries are being prepared against Jainul, authorities said.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/31/18/10-patay-sa-pagsabog-ng-car-bomb-sa-basilan">10 patay sa pagsabog ng &#x27;car bomb&#x27; sa Basilan</a></li></ul>Jainul&#x27;s relatives denied the accusations. His cousin, Jahra Sattra, said Jainul had gone missing since Tuesday, the day of the explosion, and his relatives only learned that he was detained in the Lamitan City Police Station on Wednesday.As an ustadz, Jainul also teaches at a Madrasah or Islamic school in his Barangay.

An ustadz was arrested by the military in this city on Wednesday in connection with the recent bombing in a checkpoint that killed 10.

An ustadz was arrested by the military in this city on Wednesday in connection with the recent bombing in a checkpoint that killed 10.

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Preacher arrested over Basilan van blast

Preacher arrested over Basilan van blast

Leizel Lacastesantos,

ABS-CBN News

Published Aug 02, 2018 11:43 AM PHT

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Updated Aug 02, 2018 05:32 PM PHT

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