Thursday, October 18, 2012

3rd blast hits Mindanao

From the Philippine Star (Oct 18): 3rd blast hits Mindanao

Another explosion struck a key province in Mindanao on Thursday morning. No one was hurt in the blast. Senior Superintendent George Tuson, chief of the Tacurong City Police Office in Sultan Kudarat province, said that the explosion took place near the Land Bank of the Philippines along the Tacurong-Marbel Highway in Barangay Poblacion at around 7 a.m. Tuson said that prior to the blast, the police force received an intelligence report of an impending bomb attack in the city....Tuson said that they are looking into the possibility that the blast is related to the recent signing of the Frame-work Agreement on the Bangsamoro between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.... Last week, Mindanao was hit by two explosions, particularly in Cagayan de Oro City and Zamboanga Sibugay province...

http://www.philstar.com/nation/article.aspx?publicationsubcategoryid=63&articleid=860818

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