Muhamad Umao (in yellow shirt) is presented to media by NCRPO director Chief Superintendent Oscar Albayalde at Camp Crame. (photo by Boy Santos, InterAksyon.com)
An X-ray technician was presented by police Wednesday as the third suspect who left a bomb near the US embassy in Manila last week.
National Capital Region Police Office director Chief Superintendent Oscar Albayalde said closed circuit television footage showed Mohammad Jumao-as, alias “Modie,” a convert to Islam from Sta. Ana, Bulacan, in the company of Rayson Kilala alias “Rashid” of Bulakan and Jiaher Guinar of Caloocan City, who were arrested on November 28, two days after leaving the bomb in a garbage bin a hundred meters from the embassy.
Police explosives experts safely detonated the bomb, which was found and promptly reported by a street sweeper.
The footage showed the three at the Luneta Park and near the embassy.
Earlier, Philippine National Police chief Ronald dela Rosa said the original plan was to detonate the bomb at the Luneta. However, when this failed, Kilala reportedly was bothered by his conscience and convinced his companions to dump the explosive in the garbage bin.
Dela Rosa said the bomb plot was intended to ease pressure and divert government attention from the Maute Group, which was the target of a military offensive in Butig, Lanao del Sur at the time.
Albayalde said like the other suspects, Jumao-as is also a member of the Al-Khalifa in the Philippines, a group that has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and reportedly has ties to the Abu Sayyaf, Maute Group and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.
He said police who arrested Jumao-as on December 3 seized a .45 caliber pistol and a fragmentation grenade from him. He has been charged with illegal possession of firearms and explosives.
http://interaksyon.com/article/135029/x-ray-technician-presented-as-3rd-suspect-in-us-embassy-bomb-scare
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