Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Police: bombing kills at least 12 in southern RP (10:59 p.m.)
MANILA -- At least 12 people were killed and another 20 wounded when a bomb exploded during a town festival Tuesday in the southern Philippines, where security officials were put on alert for possible attacks by al-Qaida-linked militants, police said.
North Cotabato provincial Police Chief Federico Dulay said the bomb, believed to be made from an 88mm mortar shell, went off at about 8 p.m. in front of the town hall of Makilala town in the southern part of the province.
"Clearly this is a terrorist act," Dulay said. (AP) |
