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A bombing occurred where at least 8 people were killed and 40 others injured after a car bomb exploded in Cotabato City, Maguindanao province in the Philippines. [127] [128] It is the worst such attack ever in Cotabato City. [129] The police released photos of suspects the day after the bombing. [129]
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines released a statement expressing sympathy for the victims and their families, condemning the attacks as an act of terrorism. [76] The bishops called for Christians to join with Muslims and indigenous communities to advocate for peace against violent extremism.
Subsequent action by government prosecutors made Salapuddin and Hataman, together with the latter's brother, Benjamin "Jim" Hataman, suspects and masterminds in the bombing. [ 12 ] On December 14, 2007, in a 2-page resolution, the Supreme Court of the Philippines issued a writ of habeas corpus on the petition of suspects Caidar Aunal, Adham ...
[11] [12] As the bombing happened in the midst of the investigation of the shooting, the military stated the incident have disrupted the intelligence operations that might have averted the bombings, and raised a possible motive that the police officers are connected with the suicide bombers. [13] [14] [15]
The 2019 Indanan bombings occurred on 28 June 2019, when two suicide bombers detonated their explosives in two areas of a military camp in Indanan, Sulu, Philippines killing three soldiers and three civilians. The Philippine military confirmed it was two suicide bombers that caused the attack.
At least four people were killed and at least 50 injured after a bomb exploded during a morning Catholic Mass in a university gymnasium in Marawi, a city in the south of the country besieged by ...
The Rizal Day bombings, also referred to as the December 30 bombings, were a series of bombings that occurred around Metro Manila in the Philippines on December 30, 2000. . The explosions occurred within a span of a few hours, killing 22 people and injuring over 100 oth
Police said that the bombing was not a suicide attack. [9] An eyewitness reportedly saw a man placing a bag believed to contain the bomb, [15] while CCTV footage showed the two suspected bombers arriving at the gymnasium on a motorcycle at around 7:03 a.m. and stood there for eight minutes. [16] The explosion produced a crater in the gymnasium ...