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| Bomb near Philippine market injures at least 7 |
| 2009-03-22 |
| A bomb exploded on an overpass near a public market in the southern Philippines on Sunday, wounding seven people hours after another blast damaged two buses in a nearby city, officials said. The market bombing damaged a concrete overpass and rained metal shrapnel and debris that wounded seven vendors and commuters on the road below in Kidapawan City in North Cotabato province, Vice Gov. Emmanuel Pinol said. The blast shattered windows in nearby stores. Soldiers and police cordoned off the area and intensified patrols, police said. No group claimed responsibility for the attack and it was too early to tell if Muslim guerrillas, who have been blamed for past bombings in the predominantly Roman Catholic city, were involved, Kidapawan police Chief Chino Mamburam said. In the earlier attack, a homemade bomb was hurled by two men on a motorcycle into the compound of a bus company in nearby Cotabato City before dawn Sunday, damaging two buses but causing no injuries, regional military spokesman Lt. Col. Jonathan Ponce said. Ponce said the attackers were most likely members of the rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front who wanted to extort money from the bus company. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #1 CHINESE MIL FORUM [paraph]> POSTER OP-ED: SHOULD CHINA SUPPORT/REINFORCE THE PHILIPPINES NEW PEOPLES ARMY [NPA] IFF THE PHILIPPINES CONTINUES TO CHALLENGE CHINA'S SOVEREIGNTY OVER DISPUTED ISLANDS? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-03-22 19:39 |