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Monday, May 12, 2003 (Philippines)
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(The Sun.Star website is updated every 1 a.m., Philippine time and as often as news alerts from the network come in. If you are having difficulty getting the updates, click on the refresh button of your browser. -- Editors)
| MILF ‘TRADEMARK.’ DILG Secretary Joey Lina (right) walks toward the blast scene in Korondal City with South Cotabato Gov. Daisy Avance-Fuentes (second from left) and Koronadal City Mayor Fernando Miguel (left). Behind them is PNP Chief Hermogenes Ebdane.President Arroyo's Chief of Staff Rigoberto Tiglao said the use of a converted 81 mm mortar bomb was a trademark of the MILF. (SUN.STAR GENERAL SANTOS FOTO) |
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GENERAL SANTOS -- A faction within the country's biggest Moro separatist group was responsible for the deadly blast that killed 13 people in Koronadal City Saturday, or so South Cotabato Gov. Daisy Avance-Fuentes believes.
The governor said, however, it is not yet clear if the order to bomb the city came from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) hierarchy or just a few officials within the group.
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