6 hurt in S. Kudarat bus bombing incident

From the Philippine News Agency (Apr 17, 2022): 6 hurt in S. Kudarat bus bombing incident (By Edwin Fernandez)

BUS EXPLOSION. A brand-new double-decker bus unit operated by Husky Tours Bus Company is bombed while parked at the Isulan public terminal in Isulan town, Sultan Kudarat province, leaving six passengers injured. Police have yet to determine the brains behind the explosion. (Photo courtesy of Sultan Kudarat PPO)

ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat – At least six passengers were hurt after a suspected explosive went off inside a new double-decker bus at the public terminal here past noon Monday.

Lt. Colonel Lino Capellan, Sultan Kudarat police provincial deputy director for operations, said the wounded passengers inside the bus operated by the Husky Tours Company were rushed to the provincial hospital here.

Capellan said the bus was headed to General Santos City from Cotabato City and had a stopover at the Isulan Integrated Public Terminal when the explosion occurred at around 12:20 p.m.

“Bomb experts are still at the blast site, we are still investigating,” the police official said.

The bus was parked at the terminal, some 50 meters away from the Isulan municipal police station.

“The bus had just arrived, some passengers disembarked to buy food and went to comfort rooms when the blast occurred,” said Ester, a fruit vendor at the bus terminal.

All victims sustained shrapnel injuries in various parts of the body, Capellan said.

No group yet has claimed responsibility for the explosion.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1199560