Thursday, April 03, 2003 (Philippines)

POWERFUL CHARGE. Police members toting high-powered firearms secure the passenger terminal at the Sasa wharf in Davao City. A bomb explosion there last night killed at least 15 people and injured 35 others. A witness said the explosion was so powerful it charred the bodies of some victims.(SUN.STAR DAVAO FOTO) DAVAO CITY - At least 15 people were killed and 35 others injured in an explosion last night that ripped through a wharf in Davao City, in yet another blow to an economy reeling from fears of terrorism and a strange new disease. A security official, who did not want to be named, said the blast, the second in the commercial capital of the country’s troubled south within a month, appeared to have been caused by a powerful improvised explosive device. [full story]

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