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COTABATO CITY -- Alleged Indonesian terrorists Dulmatin and Omar Patek were reportedly sighted in Lanao del Sur province last week, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao police chief said Tuesday. Senior Superintendent Akmad Mamalinta said the two were seen in the company of Muslim gunmen near Marawi City. Mamalinta said they would track down the two Indonesians, reportedly bomb experts from the regional terror group Jemaah Islamiyah. Copyright 2005 Inquirer News Service. All rights reserved.

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP): Indonesian Islamic militant Dulmatin, who has a US$10 million bounty on his head, is hiding out in the Philippines, a spokesman of the main Muslim separatist group here said Friday. Dulmatin, an al-Qaeda trained electronics expert thought to be one of the masterminds of the 2002 Bali bombings, is in Mindanao, said Eid Kabalu from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). He said Dulmatin was with the senior leader of militant group Abu Sayyaf, Khadaffy Janjalani, as well as another alleged member of Jamaah Islamiyah (JI), Umar Patek. The U.S. reward announced Thursday for information that...