RP arrests another terror suspect

RP arrests another terror suspect

PHILIPPINES: The Philippine military said it arrested on Monday a local Muslim man believed to be the courier of an Indonesian detained in Manila for possible links to Saudi militant Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network.

The arrest brought to five the number of people apprehended in the Philippines since last week for alleged links with the network.

The latest suspect was arrested in the commercial district of Marawi city on southern Mindanao island and is being interrogated at army headquarters in the area, Lt. Col. Jose Mabanta said.

Mabanta said the man was "one of the couriers and runners" of a suspected leader of the militant Islamic group Jemaah Islamiah, who is believed to be an Indonesian and who was himself arrested in Manila last week. --Reuters