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Prosecutors seek rebellion charges for extremist’s widow

/ 07:17 AM December 02, 2017

Karen Aizha Hamidon. MARIANNE BERMUDEZ/INQUIRER

Prosecutors have recommended an extremist leader’s widow to be charged with inciting rebellion for allegedly calling on fighters to join a bloody Islamic State (IS) group-linked siege of Marawi City.

State prosecutors said in a Department of Justice resolution seen by The Associated Press on Friday that there was “probable cause” to charge Karen Aizha Hamidon with nearly 300 counts of inciting rebellion.

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Hamidon was arrested by government agents in October for allegedly posting rebellious statements mostly through the Telegram and WhatsApp messaging services.

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Prosecutors said she posted at least 295 separate messages to invite fighters to join the five-month siege in Marawi City that troops crushed on Oct. 23.

Hamidon’s militant husband was killed by troops this year. —AP

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