MANILA: Soldiers and police will patrol malls, churches and other crowded places this week to thwart reported bombing plots by Muslim militants during the Easter holiday, officials said yesterday.
The tight security measures were put in place after national police chief Arturo Lomibao announced on Friday that four to five members of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group and an operative from the allied regional terror network Jemaah Islamiah were in metropolitan Manila to carry out bombings. – AP
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