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| Philippine Police Arrest 2 in Bombings |
| 2003-04-08 |
| Philippine authorities arrested two Filipino suspects Tuesday for two deadly bombings in the southern city of Davao, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said. Arroyo identified the men only as Toto and Tuhamed Urong, and said they were arrested in Cotabato city, 550 miles southeast of Manila and near Davao. Toto? Toto is accused of planting the April 2 bomb that killed 16 people and injured 55 others at Davao's busy wharf, Arroyo said. Toto and Urong are also believed involved in the March 4 bombing outside the city's airport, which killed 22 people and injured more than 100, Arroyo said. Authorities have charged leaders of the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front in the airport bombing. The group has denied involvement. "Nope, wasn't us. Must of been some other guys" Arroyo also said "reliable intelligence" indicated that Indonesian nationals were involved in the recent spate of terrorist activities. She claimed the perpetrators have links to the al-Qaida terrorist network, and said the Indonesian suspects "have also been sighted in terrorist training camps in Mindanao," the main southern island where the attacks took place. Indonesians being involved doesn't budge the surprise meter Another blast in the southern Philippines on Tuesday led to the discovery of two bombs outside a mosque, the Radio Mindanao Network reported. Police and army bomb experts, responding to a loud explosion in the village of Banale, outside Pagadian city, found two 60 mm mortars with timing devices and blasting caps outside the mosque and an adjacent Arabic school owned by an Islamic aid association, the Radio Mindanao Network station in the city reported. The report said there were bloodstains inside the mosque. Either islamic turf war or christian reprisal, take your pick. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 "And your little dog too, my pretty! HAHAHAhahahaha!" |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-04-08 10:23:55 |