Authorities nab suspect in the MSU bombing seen in a CCTV footage prior to bombing

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00:00 captured video footage of that ill-fated day inside Mindanao State University

00:04 points to the likely set of usual suspects law enforcement believes set up

00:08 and pulled off the most heinous deed. And as our Patrick De Jesus reports, expect

00:13 these characters to be in police custody soon to explain their presence at the

00:17 scene of that crime that day and suspicious acts.

00:20 In the CCTV footage released by the AFP on the day of the bombing at Mindanao State University at

00:29 609 in the morning, a man wearing a black jacket can be seen entering the

00:33 Dimaporo gym. Six minutes after he went outside around 7 o'clock in the morning

00:38 another man wearing a white polo shirt can be seen carrying a bag and seems to

00:42 know the guy in the black jacket previously seen in the CCTV who entered

00:46 again the gym. The man wearing white went outside and without a bag to carry

00:51 anymore. In addition he was also pressed a button or buttons on a cell phone. The

00:56 explosion happened at 712 a.m. The man seen in the CCTV pressing something on

01:01 his cell phone is believed to be the trigger of the 60 millimeter mortar

01:05 ordnance based on the fragments recovered from the crime scene. A suspect

01:09 identified with the aliases of Jaff or Kurot was apprehended and captured

01:14 during a joint military and police operation at Barangay Dulay proper

01:18 Marawi City. The AFP said that Jaff or Kurot is the one seen in the CCTV

01:23 carrying a bag and is one of the accomplices in the bombing. In a

01:27 statement the AFP said the arrest of the suspect shows the seriousness of the

01:31 government in going after the perpetrators to keep such incident from

01:35 happening again. The AFP also assured its commitment in protecting the people and

01:40 state. Meanwhile Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. affirmed the

01:44 intensified measures being done to arrest the suspects behind the blast.

01:48 "Not only persons of interest and those who are on the periphery who are

01:53 involved in this. In the meantime, the operations are being

01:58 intensified in the area. There is a heightened alert in Mindanao. Here in NCR

02:06 we are really monitoring all urban areas. This is a joint operation of the PNP and

02:12 AFP. So our operations are continuous and law enforcement operations in all areas."

02:23 The office of the Presidential Advisor on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity or

02:27 OPAPRU has also extended aid to victims such as cash payouts and medical

02:32 assistance. Patrick De Asus for the Nation.