MANILA: An Australian convert to Islam who used the Internet to urge people to join the jihad in Iraq and Syria was arrested in the Philippines, local police said.
Robert Edward Cerantonio, 29, who also goes by the name Musa Cerantonio, was detained in the central Philippine city of Cebu and will be deported to Australia, said Superintendent Conrado Capa, the region’s deputy police chief.
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