Ex-Basilan Mayor Says Hatamans “Brains” In House Blast
Update on the Bombing at the House of Representatives in Manila which killed Cong. Wahab Akbar of Basilan. This was taken from Internet News of The Philipine Daily Inquirer.
Ex-Basilan mayor says Hatamans ‘brains’ in House blast
MANILA, Philippines — A former mayor of a Basilan town has tagged the Hataman brothers — Anak Mindanao partylist Representative Mujiv Hataman and brother Jim –as the brains behind the explosion at the House of Representatives last November 13 that killed Basilan Representative Wahab Akbar.
Former Tuburan town mayor Hajuron Jamiri, who had been charged with multiple murder and frustrated multiple murder for the House blast, claimed in his two-page affidavit that the Hatamans wanted Akbar dead because Basilan would “not be at peace” under his administration, said Jamiri’s lawyer Confessor Sansano in a phone interview with INQUIRER.net.
Jim Hataman was the opponent of Akbar during the May elections.
“In his supplemental affidavit, he [Jamiri] linked the Hataman brothers to the blast. According to Jamiri, the brothers ordered the assassination ng tumahimik daw ang Basilan [so that Basilan would be peaceful],” said Sansano.
Sansano said the affidavit was signed on November 23.
A preliminary investigation was set on November 29 where police would announce the alleged masterminds of the blast, said Police Director Geary Barias, National Capital Region Police Office chief in a separate interview.
The Hataman brothers had denied the allegations, with Mujiv http://newsinfo.inquirer.net /topstories/topstories/view _article.php?article_id=101879 even claiming innocence at the National Capital Region-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Camp Crame national police headquarters.
Three other suspects, Ikram Indama, Adham Kusaim, and Khaidar Awnal, have also been charged after admitting participation in the explosion.
On November 13, a bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded at the South wing of the House of Representatives, killing Akbar and three others. At least 13 people, including two other lawmakers, were also injured during the blast.
