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Philippine bomb attack: 2 hurt
[Straits Times] A POWERFUL homemade bomb exploded at a public market in the southern Philippines, injuring two people, the military said on Wednesday. The improvised explosive device was fashioned from a 60mm mortar shell rigged to a timing device, and went off late on Tuesday at the market in a town in Sultan Kudarat province, army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Ponce said. Ponce said witnesses reported seeing a man leaving a suspicious backpack at the site minutes before the blast. 'The man left his bag. The blast injured two people,' Ponce said, adding it may have been carried out by Islamic separatist rebels. The attack is the latest to have hit the volatile south this week. On Monday four people were injured when a bomb tore through a passenger bus in North Cotabato province. Earlier that day, militants bombed a bridge in the city of Iligan, cutting it off to commerce and leading to delays in transport of goods. Posted by: Fred 2009-04-23 |
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