The Jemaah Islamiah terrorist group, which allegedly carried out the deadly Bali bombing on Oct. 12, is suspected of involvement in two recent blasts in the southern Philippines that killed 37 people, Philippine authorities said Monday. National police intelligence chief Roberto Delfin said five alleged members of the militant Muslim group are being sought in an April 2 blast in Davao City that killed 16 people near a crowded wharf. Delfin said the Southeast Asian terrorist network also is suspected in a March 4 bombing that killed 21 people outside the Davao City airport passenger terminal, including Iowa missionary William Hyde. “We believe it was the same group,” Delfin said in a telephone interview. Jemaah Islamiah is accused of carrying out dozens of bombings in Southeast Asia since 2000 — including attacks on malls, churches, priests and a Philippine ambassador — in a campaign to establish a separatist Islamic state in the region. Full Story
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