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Southeast Asia |
Three suspected militants held for series of bombings |
2005-12-21 |
![]() 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. |
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