Ruben Omar Lavilla

Police arrest suspected Islamic bomber in Philippines

philippinesManila- Police arrested on Saturday a Filipino Muslim activist
suspected to be involved in past deadly bomb attacks in the
Philippines.

Ruben Omar Pestano Lavilla, 36, was arrested at the Manila's Ninoy
Aquino International Airport shortly after he was deported from
Bahrain, according to police aviation security Chief Superintendent
Atilano Morada.

Morada said Lavilla was one of the founders of Rajah Solaiman
Movement, a radical group of Filipino Islamic converts whose members
were suspected to be involved in terrorist activities.

Lavilla is suspected to have masterminded the bombing of a