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KIDAPAWAN (Philippines) - POLICE in the southern Philippines said on Saturday they had arrested a man suspected of involvement in a series of deadly bombings in recent years.
Inspector Leo Ajero, the chief of Kidapawan city police in Cotabato province, said Musalim Abas, 35, was arrested for a bombing in October that killed a child and injured 39 other people.
He is also suspected of involvement in other bombings as part of a gang called the Al-Khobar group, which attacked public places, particularly commuter buses, as part of extortion operations against businessmen.
Abas admitted to reporters that he was a member of the Al-Khobar group and had carried out the bombing of a power transmission tower in Kidapawan last year but denied involvement in other blasts.
The southern Philippines has been hit a number of bombings of public places in recent years, which have been blamed on extortionists as well as Muslim extremists. -- AFP
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