45-Year-Old Maranao Housewife Amalia Kasim Reveals True Identity Of At Least 3 Maute Members
A Maranao housewife named Amalia Kasim has revealed the true identity of at least 3 members of the Maute terrorist group.
The Maranao Amalia Kasim has described the physical appearance and characteristics of at least 3 members of the Maute group who attacked Marawi City after having a direct eye-to-eye contact with them.
The 45-year-old housewife is a resident of Luksadatu, Barangay Basak Malutlut, in Marawi City who fled from Marawi City heading to the next town in Lanao del Sur to escape the Maute group.
“They were not from Marawi. They looked like Arabs, handsome, fair-skinned, pointed nose. But they did not talk. They just gave us a sharp look and signaled us to move on,” said by Kasim quoted by Inquirer.
On Tuesday afternoon (May 23, 2017) around 2:30 pm, Kasim was about to go home from the market when the gun battle between the terrorist and government troops has started near their residence.
Kasim also said that when the firefight has started her husband was not yet at home. As her neighbors were fleeing, she also decided to leave together with her 3 children aging 5, 10, and 12 carrying their valuable heading to Saguiaran town.
The sporadic firefight between the government forces and the terror group is like a New Year’s Eve, according to Kasim. She and her children also thought that her husband was already dead for his mobile phone can’t be reached anymore.
On Thursday morning (May 25, 2017), Kasim saw her husband Elias in Saguiaran driving their old car. In a separate interview on May 23, 2017, Elias said that he reported to the police outpost that his family was missing.
Kasim and her husband together with their children were now residing in Cotabato City on their relative’s home and receive food assistance from the government of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).