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| At Least 4 Killed in Philippines' Blast |
| 2002-12-31 |
| A New Year's Eve bomb blast at a market in the southern Philippines killed at least four people and injured 26 others. The explosion was triggered either by a 60 mm mortar shell equipped with timer or a grenade place next to a stall selling fireworks in the town of Tacurong in Sultan Kudarat province on southern Mindanao island, chief police inspector Jaime Guiballa said. It went off shortly before 8 p.m. and most of the casualties were New Year's revelers, he said. To an Islamist, that's a legitimate military target... No one has claimed responsibility, but authorities have blamed the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front for a series of bomb attacks and an ambush that killed 30 people and injured dozens in the last two weeks in the southern Philippines. The rebels have denied the charge. But since they lie whenever it suits their purposes, and sometimes even when it doesn't, that's kind of a null op, isn't it? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |