KIDAPAWAN CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Jan. 3, 2008) – At least seven people were wounded in an bomb explosion late Saturday in Tacurong City in Sultan Kudarat province in the southern Philippines, military and police reports said.
It said the bomb exploded on a roadside. Seven civilians were wounded in the blast and rushed to the Tamondong hospital in Tacurong.
Authorities did not say what type of bomb was used or the motive of the attack, but suspicion fell heavily on the rebel group called the Moro Islamic Liberation Front which is fighting for a separate homeland in Mindanao.
The MILF denied the accusation and said it has nothing to do with the explosion.
“Why do the authorities always put the blame on us every time there is bombing, why? The MILF is not a terrorist group, we want peace and we are for peace,” said Eid Kabalu, a senior MILF leader.
Last month, two people were also injured in a grenade attack on another roadside eatery.
It said the bomb exploded on a roadside. Seven civilians were wounded in the blast and rushed to the Tamondong hospital in Tacurong.
Authorities did not say what type of bomb was used or the motive of the attack, but suspicion fell heavily on the rebel group called the Moro Islamic Liberation Front which is fighting for a separate homeland in Mindanao.
The MILF denied the accusation and said it has nothing to do with the explosion.
“Why do the authorities always put the blame on us every time there is bombing, why? The MILF is not a terrorist group, we want peace and we are for peace,” said Eid Kabalu, a senior MILF leader.
Last month, two people were also injured in a grenade attack on another roadside eatery.
In September, a homemade bomb exploded at a market in Isulan town in Sultan Kudarat and another explosive disarmed at a market in Tacurong.
No group claimed responsibility for the latest bombing.
Peace talks between the MILF and the Arroyo government collapsed after the failed signing of the Muslim ancestral domain in August. The aborted signing triggered a series of deadly rebel attacks in Mindanao.
The MILF is the country's largest Muslim rebel group which is fighting the past three decades for a separate homeland in the troubled region. (With a report from Geonarri Solmerano)
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