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| Southeast Asia |
| Bomb in Food Stall Kills 15 in South Philippines |
| 2003-04-02 |
| A bomb hidden in a food stall killed 15 people on Wednesday near a wharf in the southern Philippine city of Davao, where 22 people died in an airport blast a month ago, police and hospital officials said. The explosion outside the ferry passenger terminal sprayed the area with blood, shattered windows and blew a crater in the pavement underneath the barbecue stand. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said she had ordered the military and police to "take all appropriate measures," including checkpoints and visibility patrols, against "these lawless elements and terrorists. "Police at the scene of Wednesday's blast said there were 13 people dead and 53 wounded. But the Davao Medical Center issued a statement saying 15 had been killed and 44 wounded. A nun, four policemen and several vendors were among the dead, police said. National Security Adviser Roilo Golez said it was too early to speculate about who was responsible. Too many suspects, but we can guess. The MILF said on Wednesday night it was not responsible for either the airport bombing or that at the wharf. "The MILF vehemently denies any involvement," the group's spokesman, Eid Kabalu, told Reuters. "We are offering our goodwill assistance in the investigation to manifest our desire to stamp out criminalities like this." Me thinks they doth deny too much. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 solve the problem: outlaw Islam, close the mosques. make critical thinking, comparative religion and argument evaluation a compulsory component of compulsory high-school education |
| Posted by: anon1 2003-04-02 23:17:58 |