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Terror suspect arrested in Taguig
Government anti-terrorism agents arrested during a sting operation in Taguig on Tuesday a suspected local terrorist who reportedly delivered the explosives used in the deadly Valentineâs Day bus bombing in Makati City this year, a source from the Anti-Terrorism Task Force (ATTF) bared yesterday.The source, however, refused to divulge the identity of the suspect, but disclosed that the man is now undergoing military and police debriefing to determine the degree and extent of his groupâs operation in the country. Tuesdayâs supposed arrest in Taguig, the source added, capped long months of intelligence build-up against the terrorist group behind the Valentineâs Day bombings in Makati, Davao and General Santos City. âHe was arrested in Maharlika Village. He is still undergoing debriefing,â the source said, describing the suspect theyâve bagged as a Balik Islamist and an active member of the Rajah Solaiman Movement (RSM) â an Islamic militant group, tagged behind the foiled Holy Week and All Saints Day bombings. RSM founder and leader, Hilarion Santos is now jail following his arrest in Zamboanga last month while his group was reportedly plotting to conduct bombings runs in Metro Manila on All Saints Day. His brother, Tyrone âDawudâ Santos, who also reportedly planned to flatten a nightclub frequented by foreigners in Ermita district with 600 kilos of explosives last Holy Week, is now out on bail. Initial interrogation showed that the RSM, the Abu Sayyaf and the Indonesian-based Jemaah Islamiyah have been operating jointly in all their terrorist activities in the country, the source added. Posted by: Dan Darling 2005-12-04 |
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