Tag: Gerry Salapuddin

Man gets life in prison for deaths of Basilan congressman, 5 others in 2007 Batasan bomb attack; 2 others acquitted

A man was jailed for life Friday over the deaths of a congressman and several others in the Batasang Pambansa bombing a decade ago. Ikram Indama was found guilty of the November 13, 2007 murders of House of Representatives member Wahab Akbar and five others in a motorcycle bomb attack which wounded several more including two other legislators. Indama, who worked as a driver for  Gerry Salapuddin,  Akbar’s bitter political rival in Basilan, was also […]