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Associated PressJOLO, Philippines (AP) — Marines and police have seized a large amount of explosives from the house of a man in the southern Philippines with alleged ties to al-Qaida-linked militants, thwarting possible bomb attacks, officials said Sunday.
Security forces raided the house on Jolo island Friday and found 14 bags of ammonium nitrate, a bag of potassium chlorate and more than 3,500 blasting caps, Jolo provincial police Chief Julasirim Kasim said. The owner of the house managed to escape, he said.
Ammonium nitrate is a fertilizer that can be turned into bombs. Potassium chlorate is a chemical compound used in making explosives and firecrackers.
The raid was part of a campaign to eliminate sources of weapons for the Abu Sayyaf, a Jolo-based group which has been included in a U.S. list of terrorist organizations for its al-Qaida links and involvement in kidnappings, bombings and beheadings, Kasim said.
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