Tuesday, October 10, 2006
US, RP officials warn of possible bombings in southern Mindanao (9:24 p.m.)
MANILA -- US and Philippine officials said Tuesday they had received credible intelligence that a terrorist group may be planning to carry out bombings in southern Mindanao, where the wife of a top Indonesian militant was captured last week.
Istiada Binti Oemar Sovie was arrested on southern Jolo island, in the Mindanao region. She is the wife of Dulmatin, an al-Qaida-linked Indonesian militant who is among Asia's most wanted terrorist suspects, mainly for his alleged role in the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people.
The US Embassy warned that it had received "credible information" that a terrorist group may be plotting bomb attacks, particularly in cities in central Mindanao, "over the next several days." (AP)
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