New Delhi

Security forces in the Philippines have rescued an underage daughter of suicide bombers who had joined the terror outfit Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and blown themselves up and killed 23 persons two year ago.

The child was rescued after being in the custody of the terror group for nearly two years.

The girl’s parents 35-year old Rullie Raian Seke and 32-year old Ulfa Handayani Saleh had blown themselves up in a fidayeen attack on a cathedral in January 2019 in which 23 persons were killed and more than 100 injured.

According to Arab News, the girl has been identified as Siti Aishyah Rullie alias Maryam Israni. She was recoveredi n an operation launched jointly by various forces on Wednesday night.

The leader of the rescue group said the child was aged between 10-13 and her welfare was being discussed among various agencies of the government. The Phipino government has also got in touch with the Indonesian government about the future and welfare of the rescued child.

As is the practice among the Islamic terror group affiliated to ISIS, Aishyah was ‘married’ to one of the commanders who is close to the chief of Abu Sayaf group and was being trained to become a suicide bomber like her parents.

These groups marry off even children to provide them with a ‘mehram’ or a guardian as per their rules women can’t be on their own.

This young girl is the only family member who can aspire for a free life. Her eldest sister Rezky Fantasya Rullie, alias Cici, is serving a jail term in the southern Philippines. She had reportedly planned to carry out a suicide attack to avenge the death of her husband Andi Baso, an Indonesian militant who was reportedly killed in a gunfight with Philippine forces in Sulu last year.

Cici and her husband had been sent back from Turkey as they were planning to cross into Syria to join ISIS.

With both parents’ death, Ayesha’s eldest sister is in jail in southern Philipines for planning a terror attack and becoming a suicide bomber.

The Philippines is worried about the growing involvement of women in Islamic terrorism and is debating on how to curb this tendency.