Al-Qaida-linked bomber held in Philippines

Philippine authorities have captured an alleged al Qaida-linked bomber suspected over at least six attacks, including a 2002 karaoke bar explosion which killed an American Green Beret and a hotel blast that killed three people, officials said today.

Police and military intelligence officers arrested Hussein Ahaddin at a hide-out of the Abu Sayyaf rebel force in the southern city of Zamboanga late yesterday.