JAKARTA, Indonesia — Philippine security forces have arrested the Indonesian wife of an Islamic militant who helped plan and lead the assault on the southern Philippine city of Marawi, Indonesian police said Monday. National police spokesman Setyo Wasisto said Minhati Madrais was captured with her six children — four girls and two boys — in Iligan city north of Marawi on Sunday. Wasisto said that Indonesian counter-terror police plan to interview Madrais in the Philippines. Madrais, 36, is from Bekasi, a West Java town just east of Jakarta, and went to the Philippines in 2015, according to police. Wasisto said any Indonesian citizen involved in a legal case abroad has a right to assistance from the government.

Source: National Post November 06, 2017 08:13 UTC