COTABATO CITY – An explosion ripped through a provincial bus while parked at a terminal in Cotabato City in southern Philippines.
Workers said the explosion occurred
at the rear of the Mindanao Star Bus around 7 p.m. Wednesday. The bus just came
from Davao City and was empty when the explosion occurred.
No one was wounded in the
blast with people at the terminal saying the explosion was caused by an
improvised explosive or a grenade. “It was good that the bus was empty when the
explosion occurred,” said Sajid Gumaga, a bus conductor.
No individual or group claimed
responsibility for the blast which occurred as security forces were battling
members of the Dawlah Islamiya - whose leaders pledged loyalty to the Islamic
State - in the neighboring province of Lanao del Sur.
At least three terrorists and
a soldier were killed in intense fighting since Tuesday in Maguing town that
also left five infantrymen wounded.
The Moro Islamic Liberation
Front chieftain Murad Ebrahim, who is also the regional governor of the Muslim
autonomous region, said security forces were fighting members of his former
rebel group. (Mindanao Examiner)
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