On 10 October 2020, Philippine forces have captured an Indonesian would-be suicide bomber and have accused her of being involved in a “very imminent” plot to attack a town in the country’s south.

Army troops and police arrested Rezky Fantasya Rullie with two Filipino women, who were suspected to be the wives of Abu Sayyaf militants.

They were tracked to a house in the southern Jolo town in Sulu province, where authorities found an explosive vest and bomb components, the military’s Western Mindanao Command said.

The military also announced that Ms Rullie’s husband Andi Baso, who is wanted in the Philippines and Indonesia for his alleged involvement in bomb attacks, had been killed in an August 29 clash near Sulu’s Patikul town.