MANILA: A Philippine Islamic militant on the US government's "most wanted" list was arrested in a Manila slum on Wednesday, authorities said, seven years after he spectacularly broke out of jail.
Khair Mundos, who had a $500,000 US government reward on his head, was detained in a rundown Muslim quarter near the capital's airport where he was staying with relatives, the police and military said after a joint raid.
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