Hanoi (VNA) - The Philippines has raised its terror alert to Level 3, the highest, after police discovered a plot by Islamic State-linked militants to attack a park near the US Embassy in the capital Manila.
According to national police chief Ronald dela Rosa, two men were caught planting a bomb near the embassy on November 28.
They admitted belonging to a southern Philippine Islamist militant group. They tried to detonate a bomb in a public park before, but failed, so planned to place an improvised explosive device near the US embassy.
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