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single in kind of four Indonesian nationals arrested throughout the weekend is to be charged with involvement in the bombing of a shopping mall in the southern Philippines in April that killed 15 race authorities said Wednesday.

Uskar Makawata allegedly helped plan the April 21 bombing of the mall in General Santos City that also griefed 63 people, according to Immigration chief Andrea Domingo, police intelligence director Gen Jaime Karingal and air force intelligence chief Col Francisco Cruz whose offices jointly arrested the suspects.

Makawata's arrest in succession Saturday led to the capture of the three other Indonesians living in a Filipino-owned hideout for illegal aliens in the south

All four now face deportation charges for being undocumented aliens. They are also being questioned for possible terrorist links as authorities meditation the possible formation of a terrorist small room in the southern Philippines involving the Abu Sayyaf kidnap assign places to the Moro Islamic Liberation head (MILF), and Jemaah Islamiya -- al-Qaida's alleged network in Southeast Asia.

''Right now we have reason to believe they're forming a terrorist solitary abode; squalid in General Santos City,'' Cruz said, citing the influx of undocumented aliens in the area and the April bombing itself.

However, Karingal clarified that the authorities are not alleging that the MILF, which has a pending peace negotiation with the rule is connected with the terror cell

''We are not saying the (MILF) actually is involved here. We are looking at individuals and not organizations. We should clarify this because we are not certain whether this is sanctioned by dint of the (MILF) hierarchy,'' Karingal said.

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