A suspect behind the Jolo Cathedral blasts eluded arrest but his aide was killed in an armed confrontation in Patikul, Sulu on Tuesday evening.

Alias Kamah, the alleged detonator of the twin bombs at the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral that killed 21 people on January 27, clashed with joint forces of police and government troops in a hot pursuit operation at about 6:30 p.m. in Barangay Latih.

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