Hmmm... anyone think we'll see the Abu Sayyaf/Al Qaeda connection pop up as more details develop?
Link to BBC story
Link to Yehey!(the Yahoo! of the Philippines) story
[Story]
Ten killed in bomb blast in southern Philippines
4/21/2002 3:10:00 PM
AFP
Ten people were killed when a bomb exploded Sunday in front of a department store in the southern Philippine city of General Santos, police said.
Several other people were wounded in the blast and most of the casualties were street vendors and bystanders, said regional police head, Chief Superintendent Bartolome Baluyot.
The bomb was planted in an empty motorized tricycle parked in front of the Fitmark Department Store, he said.
Baluyot linked the blast to an obscure group called the Indigenous People's Federal Army.
"We have been receiving intelligence reports and threats of attacks from a group called the Federal Army," Baluyot said.
The organisation, which says it is seeking a federal state for tribal groups, has claimed responsibility for planting explosives in Manila and other cities in past month.
The devices were not intended to explode but radio reports quoted an alleged spokesmen of the group as saying the next bombs it planted would be real.
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Link to BBC story
Link to Yehey!(the Yahoo! of the Philippines) story
[Story]
Ten killed in bomb blast in southern Philippines
4/21/2002 3:10:00 PM
AFP
Ten people were killed when a bomb exploded Sunday in front of a department store in the southern Philippine city of General Santos, police said.
Several other people were wounded in the blast and most of the casualties were street vendors and bystanders, said regional police head, Chief Superintendent Bartolome Baluyot.
The bomb was planted in an empty motorized tricycle parked in front of the Fitmark Department Store, he said.
Baluyot linked the blast to an obscure group called the Indigenous People's Federal Army.
"We have been receiving intelligence reports and threats of attacks from a group called the Federal Army," Baluyot said.
The organisation, which says it is seeking a federal state for tribal groups, has claimed responsibility for planting explosives in Manila and other cities in past month.
The devices were not intended to explode but radio reports quoted an alleged spokesmen of the group as saying the next bombs it planted would be real.
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