PhotoMANILA — The Philippine police said on Friday that they had arrested two additional suspects in the September bombing of a night market that killed 15 people in the hometown of President Rodrigo Duterte, officials said, blaming a small militant Islamist group for the attack. The police identified the suspects as Zack Haron Velasco Lopez and Jessy Vincent Quinto Original, saying they had outstanding arrest warrants for terrorism. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyAfter a week of intense fighting, the military dislodged the Maute group, killing 61 members. Rommel Banlaoi, who oversees the Philippine Institute for Peace, Violence and Terrorism Research, said the Maute group was once associated with Muslim rebels that have signed a peace deal with government. That group has been blamed for some of the country’s worst terrorist attacks, including a ferry bombing that killed more than 100 people in 2004.

Source: New York Times January 13, 2017 09:51 UTC