MANILA:From home-grown threat to regional threat? The Philippine Star portal said the Defence Department had expressed concern that returning Malaysian and Indonesian members of IS from Syria would set up a base in Mindanao. ‘Through social media, it’s very easy for (foreign terrorists) to communicate with Filipino youth to recruit them. ‘They might transfer to Mindanao and we are always on the lookout for this.’Manila suspected foreign terrorists making their presence felt after the recent killing of two suspected Egyptian terrorists and an Abu Sayyaf suicide bomber in Indanan, Sulu, by cooperating with local groups in Mindanao. Professor Zachary Abuza of the National War College in Washington said IS-inspired groups would continue to operate in Mindanao.

Source: New Strait Times November 14, 2019 04:53 UTC