COTABATO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Mar. 3, 2012) – One civilian was injured in a series of bomb explosions on Saturday in Cotabato City in the southern Philippines, police said.
Police said an improvised bomb exploded outside the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao at around 6 a.m. and was followed by another blast from inside the sprawling compound. And policemen and soldiers recovered another bomb nearby.
The wounded civilian, Ibrahim Ismael, 18, was rushed to hospital as police investigate the new wave of attacks in Cotabato City.
No individual or group claimed responsibility for the blasts.
On Thursday, three people were also wounded in a bomb explosion
Three people were slightly wounded in a bomb explosion outside the regional office of the Government Service Insurance System along Gutierrez Street, just several blocks away from the ARMM compound.
Police said no group claimed responsibility for the attack.
In January, an improvised bomb assembled from an 81mm mortar, exploded in downtown Cotabato, wounding two civilians and two more had been disarmed. The blast was largely blamed to the shadowy groups called Bangsamoro Independence Movement and Bangsamoro Youth Movement. (Mark Navales)
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