Three suspected militants, two of them belonging to the Rajah Solaiman Movement, have been arrested in the Philippines, official sources said on Tuesday. They have been captured for their alleged participation in a series of bombings that killed 11 people and injured 60 others in Makati City, the financial district, and in Davao and General Santos cities in the south on February 14, police and military sources said.Pio De Vera, alleged No 2 and operations chief of the RSM, was arrested with his wife Jean Hayag in Zamboanga City in the south on Thursday. The RSM is a Manila-based group composed of Islam converts. De Vera masterminded bombing of nightclubs and entertainment areas in Metro Manila, said Colonel Edgardo Gidaya, head of Zamboanga City's anti-terror task force. The bombing plot, however, failed
The police also arrested Virgilio Carino, another RSM member, at a shopping mall in Manila on Saturday. Police said Carino was also responsible for the February 14 blasts. Meanwhile, military and police forces also arrested Aujin Marail, a senior member of the Abu Sayyaf group, in Dita village in Zamboanga at dawn yesterday, said Major Gamal Hayudini, a spokesman for the Southern Command. Last year, Marail and 52 other inmates had escaped from a prison on Basilan island in the south. "Civilians tipped off authorities about Marail's presence in the village which helped us plan his arrest," Hayudini said.