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| Mayor ties BIFF to Mindanao blast | |
| 2015-01-03 | |
| [Gulf Today] A mayor on Friday blamed members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) for a deadly New Year’s Eve bombing in North Cotabato as the number of fatalities rose to two when one of the four seriously injured victims died. One woman died at the scene and another woman died at the hospital early on Friday morning due to severe injuries she received during the blast that also injured 33 others. Mayor Joselito Pinol of M’lang said, "I have concrete evidence that could prove the BIFF was behind the explosion," where an improvised bomb was detonated on Thursday afternoon at a public market crowded with residents making last-minute New Years shopping. Pinol revealed that earlier on Tuesday, police nabbed a BIFF suspect linked to the bombing of a pool hall at the height of a town festival on November 23 that killed three high school students and injured 25 others. BIFF spokesman Abu Misry Mama denied Pinol's claim in a text message, saying, "We don’t have a hand in the explosion but we know where the bomb came from."
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