Religion of Peace Strikes in Southern Philippines
Charles Johnson
Wed Aug 10, 2005 at 5:32 pm PDT • Views: 129
Bombs wound 26 in southern Philippines.
MANILA (Reuters) - Two bombs exploded in the southern Philippine port city of Zamboanga on Wednesday, wounding 26 people, in attacks which security forces blamed on Muslim militants.
The first bomb, which exploded in a parked jeep, damaged shops and wounded 14 people. The second, in a room of a nearby hotel, wounded 12.
“These explosions appear to be terror attacks,” military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Buenaventura Pascual said, adding that a third bomb was found in the area but did not explode.
“These could be the handiwork of the Jemaah Islamiah or Abu Sayyaf because of our intense manhunt in Maguindanao,” he said, referring to a central province of Mindanao island where the militants are believed to be hiding.
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