At least 4 people were injured when a bomb explosion Wednesday ripped through a commuter bus in Surigao del Norte province in southern
Officials said the bomb went off inside the Bachelor Bus
which made a brief stopover in the village
of Hayanggabon Tandag City
from Surigao City
Troops from the 30th Infantry Battalion were
dispatched to help policemen secure the area as authorities investigate the
attack.
Army Major Ezra Balagtey, a spokesman for the Eastern
Mindanao Command, said police were gathering pieces of evidence as part of the
investigation to determine what type of explosive was used in the attack.
“The incident caused damage to the bus and four people were
wounded in the blast,” he told the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner.
The powerful blast tore the left side of the bus where the
explosive had been planted.
No individual claimed responsibility for the
bombing, but it occurred just as security forces tightened its watch on
possible terror attacks following the killing by police commandos of Malaysian
bomber Zulkifli bin Hir, alias Marwan on January 25 in Maguindanao’s Mamasapano
town.
But 44 commandos were also killed when they clashed with
armed members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front when they strayed right into
the territories of the former rebel group which signed a peace deal with Manila
last year.
It was unknown if the bombing was connected to the killing
of Zulkifli.
http://www.mindanaoexaminer.net/2015/02/bomb-explodes-in-bus-in-philippines.html
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