THE police foiled a possible attempt to sow terror in Metro Manila with the arrest on Monday of a member of the Maute group that has aligned itself with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria or ISIS. Fortunately, the bomb that was left near the US Embassy did not explode.|Police found in Ibrahim’s possession two .45 cal. A few days before planting the bomb near the US embassy, Ibrahim reportedly met with three other terrorists — his uncle Isnadie Ibrahim alias Bro Akh/Inspire, Najib and Rashid Kilala — near SM Marilao. Following the failed US embassy attack, security forces arrested Jiaher Guinar, Rayson Kilala alias Rashid Kilala, Mohammad Jumao-As alias Modie and Elmer Romero alias Jamal. But Col. Edgard Arevalo, chief of the AFP Public Affairs Office, said that the military has not monitored the presence of a member or members of the Maute in Metro Manila.

Source: Manila Times March 21, 2017 16:07 UTC