Terror threat to Catholic event

THE Philippine president has warned of a possible terrorist attack during an annual Catholic procession in Manila that may draw more than a million devotees.

President Benigno Aquino III told a news conference yesterday that several terrorists planning to disrupt the religious procession had been sighted in the capital.

He said police are attempting to arrest the suspects and disrupt any planned attack.

Aquino said security will be very tight for tomorrow’s procession of a centuries-old image of Jesus Christ known as the Black Nazarene.