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The Philippine military on Tuesday paraded two young Abu Sayyaf militants arrested in the southern island of Sulu, officials said.

The militants, whose age is between 14-18, were arrested at a government checkpoint in Patikul town on July 18. One of them, Nadzmir Amirul, admitted his group is planning to bomb civilian targets in the south, the military said.

The duo was implicated to the June 8 kidnapping of ABS-CBN television reporter Ces Drilon and her two cameramen Jimmy Encarnacion and Angel Valderama, including their guide Prof. Octavio Dinampo, of the Mindanao State University.

The four were intercepted by Abu Sayyaf gunmen in Maimbung town while on their way to secretly interview militant leader Radulan Sahiron, who was believed as behind the kidnapping. The hostages were freed in exchange for P20 million ransoms.

The two militants were traveling on a motorcycle when stopped by soldiers who identified them from a video secretly filmed by Encarnacion during their captivity and eventually aired on television.

Authorities are also holding the mayor of Sulus Indanan town Alvarez Isnaji and his son, Haider, who allegedly pocketed P3 million from the ransom paid to the Abu Sayyaf. The politician, who is a gubernatorial candidate on the August 11 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, was handpicked by the Abu Sayyaf to negotiate for the release of the hostages.

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Authorities Looking for 21 Bombs In Jolo Terror Plot

The military on Tuesday said it is looking for 21 homemade explosives assembled by the Abu Sayyaf Group to sow terror in Jolo town in Sulu.

“Twenty-one high explosives, homemade bombs, were already assembled and ready for deployment by the Abu Sayyaf Group to be planted in strategic locations in downtown Jolo,” said Col. Eugenio Clemen, 3rd Marine Brigade commander

The information, Clemen said, was revealed by Nadzmir Amirul alias Abu Kudama, one of the alleged kidnappers of ABS-CBN correspondent Ces Drilon and her cameramen who was recently arrested.

Amirul had admitted that he had been going around on a motorcycle in downtown Jolo before being arrested by members of the Philippine Marines’ intelligence units.

The military said Amirul was not simply going around Jolo town, but he was actually scouting for a potential target for a bomb attack.

“Kudama is on a mission to identify targets and vital installations in downtown Jolo, where the Abu Sayyaf Group could easily plant bombs for their follow-up terror activities,” Clemen said.

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