| JI HIDEOUT. Police secure the hideout of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terror group in Cotabato City during a follow up raid on Monday. Security forces earlier seized bomb-making materials, a bioterrorism manual and traces of possible biological weapons in the safehouse on Sunday. AFP FOTO |
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MANILA -- Security forces recovered bomb making materials, a bio-terrorism manual and traces of possible biological weapons in a raid on a Jema'ah Islamiyah hideout in Cotabato City, a senior military official said Monday.
Up to eight local and foreign JI suspects escaped Sunday's raid but left behind possible residues of clostridium tetanae, the bacteria that causes tetanus, said Lt. Gen. Rodolfo Garcia, Armed Forces vice chief of staff.
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