The Davao City Police Office has confirmed that the body of “Bin Laden,” the Abu Sayyaf member killed during the encounter in Lower Dampa, Magtuod, Ma-a in Davao City last May 2 was already claimed on Saturday, May 6.
According to Talomo Police Station spot report dated May 7, at around 11:40 AM of May 6, Imam Mohamad Taya Ainin, a resident of Barangay 21-C, Piapi Boulevard, Davao City personally appeared at the Angel Funeral Parlor to claim the body.
The imam identified the suspect as one Bin Laden Lim, 18 years of age and a resident near Mosque, Bangkal, Davao City.
DCPO Chief Alexander Tagum said that the imam was not a family member but merely following the Muslim tradition which would require the dead to be buried within 24 hours.
On May 2, a suspicious Toyota Hilux and a red motorcycle with armed men were spotted in Bangkal around 5:00 o’clock in the afternoon. The policemen were able to catch up with the said vehicles at Purok 1-B, Lower Dampa in Magtuod, Ma-a where the shootout happened, resulting in the killing of Bin Laden. The remaining two suspects however eluded in the ensuing hot pursuit launched by the authorities.
Police recovered a .38 revolver with five ammunition, blasting cap, a detonating chord, M26 fragmentation hand grenade, and three pieces of electronic chips from fallen suspect.
