A LEADER of the terrorist Maute Group who survived the five-month military operation in Marawi City in 2017 is the new chief of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Southeast Asia.
Abu Zacariah, whose real name is Faharudin Hadji Satar, took the place Asim Karinda, alias Abu Azim, a member of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom fighters who was killed in December last year.
Zacariah took over the helm of ISIS Southeast Asia late last year, according to Brig. Gen. Jose Maria Cuerpo II, commander of the Army’s 103rd Brigade.
“We received information that Abu Zacariah had been designated as emir of ISIS Southeast Asia. We have evidence on that,” he said.
Cuerpo said Zacariah has standing arrest warrants for kidnapping, arson, murder and frustrated murder.
“He was among those who joined the Marawi siege but got out during the early stage of the fighting. He was ordered to bring in more people and join the Marawi siege but he failed to return,” said Cuerpo.
