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| Abu Sayyaf bombs karaoke bar in Jolo town |
| 2016-01-31 |
| [Mindanao Examiner] Abu Sayyaf militants detonated a homemade bomb at a karaoke bar popular with soldiers in the southern Philippines. Officials said the explosion damaged the bar in Busbus village in Jolo town, but there were no one was harmed. The attack late Thursday was carried out by two men who were seen entering the bar with a bag and left moments later before the blast. The attack occurred despite a tight military and police security in the town following a foiled bombing of a police car parked by a busy area in Jolo. Two men on motorcycle left a bomb on the patrol car while it was parked in the village of Kasalamatan late Wednesday. A civilian, who spied the improvised bomb, reported it to the military which immediately radioed the police before it blew up. A witness said two men on a motorcycle left a backpack and hurriedly left. |
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