Fatalities of the Mlang bombing. Photo by Dennis Arcon
Officials of the Provincial Government of North Cotabato condemned the bombing on Sunday night that took the lives of three students and wounded 24 others at the town of Mlang, even as Provincial Governor Emmylou Mendoza said she remains hopeful that justice will be served and the perpetrators caught to answer for the crime.
The blast in Mlang comes shortly after a separate incident in Kabacan, at a footbridge where a college student died and 17 others were wounded.
Governor Mendoza took pains to point out that the fatalities were innocent students and non-combatants or players in the armed conflict that has been brewing in the region.
Many officials from Mindanao sent their messages of sympathy and condolences to the families of the students who died in the violent incidents, including Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao Governor Mujiv Hataman who remarked that the violence comes during the commemoration of Mindanao Week of Peace, whose theme is "We Pray for Long-lasting Peace in Mindanao, Give, Share, Live and Proclaim Peace."
Monday's program was presided over by ARMM Vice Governor Haroun Alrashid Lucman, who echoed the hope that all the advocacies for peace and development will be marked by "solidarity" by all stakeholders in Mindanao.
Included in the program of activities is a kite-flying special event to promote the KITES For Peace advocacy, which will see an estimated 13,000 elementary school pupils taking part in an attempt to establish a new Guinness World kite-flying record.
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/99815/officials-condemn-mlang-blasts-during-mindanao-week-of-peace
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