Police crime investigators at work Monday, May 19, 2008 at a commuter bus depot in Cotabato City in southern RP after a bomb exploded injuring three people. (Mindanao Examiner Photo/Mark Navales)
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 19, 2008) – Three people were injured when a homemade bomb exploded late Monday at a commuter bus depot in the southern Philippines, police and military said.
Authorities said the blast in Cotabato City damaged a bus owned by the Weena Transit. No one claimed responsibility for the attack and police and military officials would not say if the bombing was carried out by any particular terror group.
But previous attacks had been largely blamed to the Abu Sayyaf and its affiliate the Al-Khobar gang, tagged as behind the series of extortion activities in the strife-torn region of Mindanao.
Cotabato City, rocked by past bombings, kidnappings and killings has been previously tagged by Western countries as a dangerous place for foreigners because of the presence of terrorists. (With reports from Mark Navales)
Authorities said the blast in Cotabato City damaged a bus owned by the Weena Transit. No one claimed responsibility for the attack and police and military officials would not say if the bombing was carried out by any particular terror group.
But previous attacks had been largely blamed to the Abu Sayyaf and its affiliate the Al-Khobar gang, tagged as behind the series of extortion activities in the strife-torn region of Mindanao.
Cotabato City, rocked by past bombings, kidnappings and killings has been previously tagged by Western countries as a dangerous place for foreigners because of the presence of terrorists. (With reports from Mark Navales)
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