'Many Casualties' in Philippines Bus Blast
The Philippines was today hit by its third bomb attack in 36 hours. The explosion ripped through a bus in the outskirts of the capital, Manila, and police said they feared "many casualties". It came a day after seven people were killed and more than 100 injured in two bomb...
The Philippines was today hit by its third bomb attack in 36 hours.
The explosion ripped through a bus in the outskirts of the capital, Manila, and police said they feared "many casualties".
It came a day after seven people were killed and more than 100 injured in two bomb explosions in the main shopping centre of Zamboanga, a mostly Christian city in the country's south.
No one has admitted carrying out the blasts but a military spokesman blamed a faction of Abu Sayyaf, a notorious terrorist group, based in the region, that specialises in kidnapping and bombings.
It is not clear yet if there is any connection with the explosions and Saturday's bomb on the Indonesian island of Bali that left at least 183 people dead.
The explosion ripped through a bus in the outskirts of the capital, Manila, and police said they feared "many casualties".
It came a day after seven people were killed and more than 100 injured in two bomb explosions in the main shopping centre of Zamboanga, a mostly Christian city in the country's south.
No one has admitted carrying out the blasts but a military spokesman blamed a faction of Abu Sayyaf, a notorious terrorist group, based in the region, that specialises in kidnapping and bombings.
It is not clear yet if there is any connection with the explosions and Saturday's bomb on the Indonesian island of Bali that left at least 183 people dead.
Use the feedback form below to submit your comments.
Use the form below to email this article to your friends.
- Philippines Rebels Warn Off Foreign Firms After Raid on Xstrata Mine
- Hundreds Feared Dead in Philippine Mudslides
- 388 Dead in Philippine Mudslides
- Philippine Typhoon Toll Rises
- Estrada Takes Stand to Deny Embezzling £45m While President of the Philippines
- 16 Charged Over Coup Plot As Arroyo Tightens Grip
- Protesters Storm Congress Over Coup Charges
- Explainer: President Benefits From Unpopular Opposition
- State of Emergency As Arroyo Claims Coup is Foiled
- Reports of Philippines School Rescue Denied
- Hopes Fade for 1,800 Feared Dead in Mudslide
- Mudslide in Philippines
- 1,500 Feared Killed By Mudslide in Philippines
- American Marines Charged With Rape in the Philippines
- Arroyo Calls for Constitutional Reform
- Protesters Put Pressure on Arroyo
- Bishops Allow Arroyo Reprieve
- Arroyo Releases 'doctored Tape' in Attempt to Defuse Claims of Poll Rigging
- Fresh Twist in Fight for Marcos Millions
- Market Bomb Kills 13 in Philippines