DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 24, 2008) – At least two people were killed and ten others wounded in a bombing Thursday of a commuter bus in the southern Philippines, officials said.
The attack occurred at noontime at a bus depot in Digos City in Davao del Sur province, said Lt. Kurt Decapia, a spokesman for the Army’s 10th Infantry Division.
“At least two people are confirmed dead and ten others or possibly more were killed in the bus bombing. We have deployed soldiers to help police forces secure the area,” Decapia said.
He said no groups claimed responsibility for the bombing. “We still don’t know who was behind this or the motive of the attack,” he said.
But bus bombings in the troubled region were previously blamed by authorities to the Indonesian terror group Jemaah Islamiya and its local affiliate the Abu Sayyaf and the al-Khobar gang and rouge members of the larger Moro Islamic Liberation Front, which is negotiating peace with Manila.
On Tuesdays, government soldiers recovered a motorcycle rigged with explosives in Maguindanao province in the Muslim autonomous region also in southern Philippines where President Gloria Arroyo toured.
The attack occurred at noontime at a bus depot in Digos City in Davao del Sur province, said Lt. Kurt Decapia, a spokesman for the Army’s 10th Infantry Division.
“At least two people are confirmed dead and ten others or possibly more were killed in the bus bombing. We have deployed soldiers to help police forces secure the area,” Decapia said.
He said no groups claimed responsibility for the bombing. “We still don’t know who was behind this or the motive of the attack,” he said.
But bus bombings in the troubled region were previously blamed by authorities to the Indonesian terror group Jemaah Islamiya and its local affiliate the Abu Sayyaf and the al-Khobar gang and rouge members of the larger Moro Islamic Liberation Front, which is negotiating peace with Manila.
On Tuesdays, government soldiers recovered a motorcycle rigged with explosives in Maguindanao province in the Muslim autonomous region also in southern Philippines where President Gloria Arroyo toured.
The motorbike was abandoned by its driver due to a flat tire before it could a military checkpoint in Ampatuan town. The military said it had received intelligence reports this week that terrorists could be planning to attack civilian targets using motorcycles rigged with explosives.
It said the motorcycle was en route to Davao City, which was previously bombed by JI and MILF rebels. Military explosives' experts found an improvised explosive device composed of TNT on the motorbike’s engine and connected to a detonator and a cellular phone that served as triggering device. (Mindanao Examiner)
1 comment:
I am an american scheduled to be in Davao City on or about sept.
9th and i'am concerned about my safety while there as well as my
fiancee who resides in matina. We
will be staying in Davao City.
I would really like to know about the terrorists attacks that have
happened in Davao City and what precautions the military and local
law enforcement are taking.
Davao City is a beautiful place and
i do want to be confined to just my hotel room while i am there. I would really appareciate your help,
your suggestions and above all your
honesty.
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