MANILA, March 30: The Philippines said on Tuesday it had foiled a "Madrid-level" terror attack on shops and trains in the capital Manila by arresting four suspected Muslim militants and seizing a large amount of explosives.
The suspected plot by members of the Abu Sayyaf group comes as campaigning heats up for the May 10 general election. "We have pre-empted a Madrid-level attack on the metropolis by capturing an explosive cache of 80 pounds (36kgs) of TNT which was intended to be used for bombing malls and trains in Metro Manila," Gloria Arroyo said on television. -Reuters
