Police killed three inmates, including a top Abu Sayyaf militant, after they stabbed a jail officer and hostaged former Senator Leila de Lima.
FILE - Philippine then opposition Senator Leila de Lima arrives at a regional trial court for a brief personal appearance Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, in Paranaque city southeast of Manila, Philippines. Philippine police killed three inmates, including a top Abu Sayyaf militant, after they stabbed a jail officer and briefly held a detained former opposition Senator Leila de Lima Sunday in a failed attempt to escape from the police headquarters in the capital region, police said.
One of the three inmates stabbed a police officer who was delivering breakfast after dawn in an open area, where inmates could exercise outdoors. A police officer in a sentry tower fired warning shots, and then shot and killed two of the prisoners, including Abu Sayyaf commander Idang Susukan, when they refused to yield, police said.
Susukan, who had been blamed for dozens of killings and beheadings of hostages, including foreign tourists, and other terrorist attacks was arrested two years ago in southern Davao city. Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos said the three slain inmates staged the rampage in an attempt to escape and did not specifically target de Lima.
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