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Bomb attack kills three in southern Philippines
18 May 2007 04:23:49 GMT
Source: Reuters
MANILA, May 18 (Reuters) - A bomb killed three people and wounded 15 when it tore through a canteen inside a crowded bus terminal in the southern Philippines on Friday, police said.

Paniares Adap, police chief in Cotabato City, said fragments of an improvised explosive device were recovered at the blast site, where a child was killed on the spot. Two others died on the way to hospital.

Fifteen people, including four children, were being treated for burns and shrapnel wounds.

"We're still trying to establish the motive for the blast, but we can't discount the possibility of a terrorist attack," Adap told reporters, adding most of the victims were eating when the crude bomb went off.


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