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| Southeast Asia |
| Bomb on bus in Philippines kills seven |
| 2010-10-21 |
| A BOMB ripped through a passenger bus in the restive southern Philippines today, killing at least seven people and wounding nine others. The bus was traveLling with more than 50 passengers when the powerful blast shook the rear part of the vehicle from the overhead compartment, police Chief Superintendent Gil Meneses said. The force of the blast was so strong it decapitated two of the victims, he said. The wounded were brought to hospitals near Matalam township in North Cotabato province. Police and army units interviewed survivors and combed through the twisted metal trying to extract the injured, Mr Meneses said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing. The south of the Philippines is home to kidnappers, extortion gangs and a decades-old Muslim insurgency. Extortionists have been blamed for previous bus attacks and holdups in the region. Most terrorism is just old fashioned criminal activity dressed up in fancy ideological clothes. |
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