Aid workers may have been target in Philippines

Published December 17, 2012 11:06am ET



MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A suspected terrorist killed by Philippine police snipers after he threatened to detonate a powerful bomb may have been targeting a church or foreign aid workers helping typhoon-devastated province, a senior police official said Monday.

SWAT snipers killed Mohammad Noor Fikrie late Friday while he threatened to set off a bomb in his backpack outside a crowded park in southern Davao city.

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