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Philippines arrests alleged militant bomber
[Straits Times] PHILIPPINE police said on Tuesday they had jugged a local Islamist bully boy with links to Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.Ricardo Ayeras, a founder of the Rajah Solaiman Movement, will be tried for murder over a 2003 car booming at a southern Philippine airport that claimed one life, police said. 'Ayeras is listed in the Interpol-UN Security Council Special Notice for individuals and entities associated with Al-Qaeda and the Taliban,' a police statement said. Police seized the 37-year-old at a Manila address late on Monday. No other details about his arrest were disclosed. The statement said the suspect had received training to assemble and plant bombs, and was part of a Rajah Solaiman plan to bomb several Manila targets in 2005. The mission, which was codenamed 'Big Bang' and was supposed to target foreigners, was foiled by police who raided a Rajah Solaiman safehouse and seized 600kg of explosives, it added. Posted by: Fred 2011-03-16 |
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