First Filipino suicide bomber in Sulu identified

Authorities have identified one of the two slain suspects in the twin bomb attacks in an Army base in Indanan, Sulu last Friday that killed 8 people and injured 22 others.

Filipino soldiers gather evidences next to the covered bodies of victims in front of a church following explosions in Sulu, Philippines AEPA/PEEWEE BACUNO Source: EPA

Philippine authorities have identified a Filipino militant named Norman Lasuca as one of the suicide bombers who detonated a bomb on Friday at the gate of an army encampment in Indanan, Sulu. The other suicide attacker remains unidentified.

Lasuca is the first known Filipino militant to carry out a suicide bombing.