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| Southeast Asia |
| Six wounded in Philippine bomb blast |
| 2008-03-02 |
| JOLO, Philippines - A homemade bomb ripped through a bar near an army base in the southern Philippine island of Jolo, wounding six people, officials said on Sunday. Experts were sifting through the damage for clues in late Saturday’s attack. “Six people are wounded in the blast, four women and two soldiers, and we are still investigating the explosion,” said Army Major Roel Ebreo, spokesman for an anti-terrorism task force. No group claimed responsibility for the bombing, but previous attacks in the south have been blamed on Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militants. “We are determining what type of explosive was used and who is behind this blast,” provincial police chief Julasiri Kasim said. |
| Posted by:Steve White |