MANILA, Philippines — Maranao doctor Russell Langi Salic, also linked to US terror plot, is facing a string of criminal cases after the Department of Justice indicted him on the beheading of sawmill workers in 2016. The DOJ charged Salic and 53 others, believed to be part of the Maute group, of kidnapping and serious illegal detention with murder before the Malabang, Lanao del Sur Regional Trial Court Branch 11. During their captivity, the complainants said they saw Salic in an adjacent room full of firearms. Salic, in his counter-affidavit, claimed that "in his entire life, he never stepped foot in Butig, Lanao del Sur, neither has he cleaned any firearm." The US justice department said that Salic transferred $423 to other suspects in the failed operation that was planned through internet messaging applications.

Source: Philippine Star January 30, 2018 10:18 UTC