Philippine church attackers undergo DNA tests to ID nationalities

The attackers believed to have been involved in the deadly bombing of a church on the Philippines island of Sulu, were on Wednesday undergoing DNA tests.
Investigators want to discover if those suspected of carrying out Sunday’s attack, which killed 21 people and wounded more than 100, are Filipinos or foreigners.
In an exclusive interview with Arab News, the country’s Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said that an eyewitness had reported seeing a “foreign-looking guy” near to the site of the attacks in Jolo city.
“Now we are trying to subject them (the attackers) to DNA (tests) so that we can legally find out if they are Filipino or non-Filipino,” he said. 
The bombings were one of the deadliest assaults in recent years in a region plagued by decades of instability.
Although the Daesh terrorist group has already claimed involvement in the attack, the military believes it was the work of a faction of the local Abu Sayyaf militant organization.
Lorenzana said it was possible that both groups could be linked to the bombings at the Roman-Catholic church.
He said two factions of Abu Sayyaf were operating in Jolo under the direction of local commanders, one of whom was known to have pledged loyalty to Daesh and was possibly recruiting foreign fighters.

Courtesy : Arab News