A police officer wanted for his alleged involvement in the Maguindanao massacre in 2009 was arrested on Monday afternoon, Feb. 3, in Barangay Making, Parang, Maguindanao del Norte.
Maguindanao del Norte police chief Police Col. Eleuterio Ricardo Jr. identified the suspect as Police Officer 1 Datunot Kadir, 48.
Ricardo said the suspect, a native of Datu Abdullah Sangki, Maguindanao del Norte, was visiting a relative when he was arrested on a warrant issued by the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 221 in Quezon City.
“Police authorities were alerted of his whereabouts following a tip from a concerned citizen and an appeal from his relatives for his peaceful surrender,” Ricardo said.
Ricardo lauded operating units for the successful and peaceful arrest of the suspect.
The government offered a P250,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the suspect, a national most wanted person and was among those charged with 56 counts of murder in connection with the massacre in Sitio Masalay, Barangay Salman, Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur in November 2009.
Fifty-eight people, including 32 media practitioners, were killed in the incident.