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| Philippines: Bomb attack kills three in the south |
| 2008-07-24 |
| Check pic at link, apparently, dwarves did it. Damn those dwarves! A homemade bomb targeted a commuter bus in the southern Philippines on Thursday, killing at least three people and wounding up to 20 others. Regional military spokesman Maj. Armand Rico said the bomb exploded while the bus was parked at a terminal in Digos, near the regional centre Davao. At least three people died on the bus, which was heading to Davao, the largest city on the southern island of Mindanao. "It was an improvised bomb," Rico said. He said experts were investigating its composition to help determine who was responsible for the attack. Elsewhere in Mindanao on Thursday, a firefight erupted between government forces and alleged members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in the southern Philippine province of North Cotabato, a regional military spokesman said Thursday. According to a report on GMA TV's website, government forces and 100 MILF rebels exchanged fire in the village of Aleosan in the province. No casualties were reported because fighting was continuing, Rico said. On Tuesday, a 61-year-old woman was killed while another one was wounded when MILF guerrillas allegedly attacked civilians at a remote village also in Aleosan. But MILF spokesman Eid Kabalu said the civilians were actually caught in a crossfire between government troops and MILF rebels. Kabalu said the fighting broke out when a group of government militiamen opened fire at MILF rebels. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #1 Always loved the crossed machine gun belts across the chest. He looks like a Pancho Villa lawn jockey... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-07-24 10:23 |