COTABATO CITY – A homemade bomb exploded on Monday at a market area in the southern Philippine province of North Cotabato, officials said.
Officials said the bomb was discovered by civilians under one of the stalls inside the Kabacan town market. But it exploded even before soldiers could disarm the bomb.
Officials said no one was killed or injured in the blast because the area had been evacuated immediately.
No individual or group claimed responsibility for the bombing, but the province has been under rebel attack the past weeks with explosives detonating in different towns and had already toppled two power pylons, cutting of electricity in North Cotabato.
Military and police have blamed jihadists from the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement who are fighting for Muslim independence in the troubled region. (Mindanao Examiner)
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