Remains may be terrorism suspect
The Philippine military began DNA tests to determine if remains found in a jungle grave are those of an elusive terrorism suspect in the 2002 Bali bombings.
A captured militant from the Abu Sayyaf group led government troops to a grave in the province of Tawi Tawi that contained a body bearing gunshot wounds and closely resembling the man known as Dulmatin, officials said.
“We are conducting DNA test to confirm if it’s really his body,” said marine commandant Maj. Gen. Benjamin Dolorfino.
A bomb-maker of the Indonesia-based Jemaah Islamiyah group, Dulmatin has been accused of helping mastermind the 2002 nightclub bombings in the Indonesian resort of Bali that killed 202 people in Asia’s worst terrorist attack.
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