The Philippine police have arrested an Australian man for the “brutal” murder of a Filipina teenager inside a motel room in Dipolog City on January 30, a belated police report said on Wednesday.

Police said the suspect, identified as 42-year-old Ali Ali, met 17- year-old Alona Alvarez over the Internet and agreed to visit her in her native city. The pair met in Dipolog for the first time two days before the murder.

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