Two nabbed for making explosives

Two nabbed for making explosives

PHILIPPINES: Two men were arrested in the southern Philippines
for allegedly making explosives, military reports said on
Thursday.

The military would not link the two to a series of bomb blasts
in the south in recent weeks or to Muslim rebels suspected of
carrying out the attacks.

The two Muslim men, Abdul Mohamad and Bubong Ajibon, were
arrested here late on Tuesday.

About 50 kilograms of ammonium nitrate, a chemical for
fertilizer but which can also be used to make explosives, was
seized along with dozens of blasting caps and detonating cords.

The military would not provide further details on the two,
although sources said the suspects claimed they sold the bombs to
fishermen for use in illegal dynamite fishing. --AFP