( CNN ) -- An alleged terrorist leader suspected of plotting the bombing of a Philippine superferry more than four years ago , killing at least 116 people , has arrived in Manila after his arrest in Bahrain , a Philippine justice official said Saturday . Authorities suspect Ruben Pestano Lavilla Jr. was behind the 2004 superferry bombing . Authorities in Bahrain arrested Ruben Pestano Lavilla Jr. last month , said Ricardo Blancaflor , undersecretary at the Department of Justice . Lavilla was deported Saturday to Manila , where police arrested him and briefly paraded him in front of local media crews before locking him inside police headquarters , Blancaflor said . Lavilla is one of the top ideologues in the Rajah Solaiman Movement , a group of former Christians who converted to Islam and claim affiliation with the al Qaeda-linked regional terrorist groups Jemaah Islamiyah and Abu Sayyaf , Blancaflor said . Blancaflor said authorities suspect Lavilla helped plot the bombing of a superferry near Manila on February 27 , 2004 , in which at least 116 people died . They believe Lavilla also helped plan the bombing of a bus behind the Intercontinental Hotel in Manila on February 14 , 2005 , an attack that killed at least four people and came to be known as the Valentine 's Day Bombing . The bus bombing was part of a trio of attacks that happened that day . The two other blasts , both fatal , happened in the southern cities of General Santos and Davao . Blancaflor said he suspects Lavilla was also involved in the planning of several bomb attacks on the U.S. Embassy in Manila , all of which were thwarted by Philippine police . In describing Lavilla 's arrest in Bahrain , Blancaflor said only that police there arrested him as they were enforcing U.N. Security Council resolution 1276 , which imposed air travel and financial sanctions on the Taliban . Jemaah Islamiyah aims to create a Muslim `` superstate '' across much of Southeast Asia . Authorities blame the group for the Bali , Indonesia nightclub bombings of 2002 , which killed more than 200 mostly Western tourists . The group is also suspected of subsequent attacks on the Australian Embassy and J.W . Marriott hotel , both in the Indonesian capital , Jakarta . The Abu Sayyaf group is one of several Islamic militant groups fighting the government in and around the southern Philippine island of Mindanao . CNN 's Rory Suchet contributed to this report .
Alleged terrorist leader accused of 2004 superferry bombing held in Manila . Ruben Pestano , Jr. , arrested in Bahrain , arrived in Philippines Saturday . He allegedly belongs to group claiming affiliation to al Qaeda - linked network . Authorities believe he plotted 2004 superferry bombing in which he died .