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Alleged Bali bomber arrested in the Philippines
South East Asia News.Net
Wednesday 26th March, 2008
A suspected bomber, supposedly involved in the attacks on Bali in 2002, has been arrested on Boracay Island, a popular tourist resort in central Philippines.
A Philippines army spokesman has revealed Mohammad Bani, an Indonesian national, was arrested on March 8th.
He was first taken to army headquarters in Fort Bonifacio in Makati for interrogation before being transferred to a Manila jail.
Bani is suspected of having joined the Abu Sayyaf group in the Philippines.
Abu Sayyaf is a militant Muslim group that has admitted to the kidnapping of 20 foreigners in the south-western Philippines.
It has also been blamed for bombing, kidnap-for-ransom activities and other terror attacks in the south and in Metro Manila.
Another Indonesian, Al-Midzbar Bunajal, 24, was also arrested with Bani.
According to the Philippines military, both are members of the Indonesian-based Jemaah Islamiyah, the Southeast Asian branch of the al-Qaeda terror network.
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