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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Explosives Found in Philippines Assassination Investigation

20 Nov 2007 - 23:15 CST
Explosives seized in raid after Philippines Congress blast
MANILA, PHILIPPINES: Security forces seized explosives during raids on buildings allegedly linked to last week's bomb attack at the Philippines House of Representatives that killed a congressman, the military said Wednesday.

Military and police agents found bomb components in a central Manila house late Tuesday, said Philippine Army spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Ernesto Torres. The discovery came hours after the arrest of Hajaron Jamiri, a Muslim politician based in the southern island of Basilan, he said.

A second man was also detained Tuesday but later freed without charge, the military said in an earlier report. Torres said that following Jamiri's arrest, investigators searched the house of a Manila lawyer and confiscated the bomb components.

The raid on the house, and another on a hotel, were linked to a wide-ranging investigation into a bomb attack at the House of Representatives on November 13 that killed Wahab Akbar, the congressman for Basilan, and three congressional staff...

-- Source: AFP/Yahoo News at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071121/wl_asia_afp/philippinespoliticsblast
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Posted by Paul Anderson at 23:19.37
Edited on: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 23:32.10
Categories: Counter-Terrorism, Intelligence, Political/Diplomatic/Economic