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09-09-2006, 05:03
DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 07 Sept) — At least 6 people were injured in a grenade attack Wednesday at a busy market in the southern Philippine port city of General Santos, the mayor said. Pedro Acharon said the wounded were rushed to the hospital as he ordered police and military to cordon off the market. He said witnesses saw a boy hurled the grenade and exploded inside the market. “Six people are injured in the blast and we have cordoned off the area.
Witnesses said they saw a boy lobbed the grenade,” Acharon said. “We are investigating the motive of the blast whether this has something to do with grudge.”
The blast occurred past 6.30 in the evening while many were returning home from work.
It was not immediately known if the attack had anything to do with the fighting between troops and Abu Sayyaf militants tied to al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiya terror networks in the island of Jolo.
The attack came just two days after the Southern Philippine military warned of possible Abu Sayyaf bombings in key cities in the country as the 5th anniversary of the September 11 al-Qaeda attacks in the United States.
Fighting is fierce in Jolo as the battle entered its 5th day. Close to 100 militants, including 8 soldiers were killed in the clashes as security forces battle about 200 Abu Sayyaf gunmen protecting two Jemaah Islamiya leaders Dulmatin and Umar Patek, who tagged as behind the 2002 Bali bombings in Indonesia.
A small group of US soldiers involved in training Filipino troops were helping the local military in the hunt for Janjalani and Dulmatin and Patek.
The US offered as much as $10 million bounty for Dulmatin and $1 million for Patek’s capture and another $5 million for known Abu Sayyaf leaders, including Janjalani, its chieftain. President Gloria Arroyo also put up P100 million rewards for the capture of the group’s leaders and their members dead or alive.
I found this while doing a follow up on current events. I hope they find, fix and finish the enemy.
Witnesses said they saw a boy lobbed the grenade,” Acharon said. “We are investigating the motive of the blast whether this has something to do with grudge.”
The blast occurred past 6.30 in the evening while many were returning home from work.
It was not immediately known if the attack had anything to do with the fighting between troops and Abu Sayyaf militants tied to al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiya terror networks in the island of Jolo.
The attack came just two days after the Southern Philippine military warned of possible Abu Sayyaf bombings in key cities in the country as the 5th anniversary of the September 11 al-Qaeda attacks in the United States.
Fighting is fierce in Jolo as the battle entered its 5th day. Close to 100 militants, including 8 soldiers were killed in the clashes as security forces battle about 200 Abu Sayyaf gunmen protecting two Jemaah Islamiya leaders Dulmatin and Umar Patek, who tagged as behind the 2002 Bali bombings in Indonesia.
A small group of US soldiers involved in training Filipino troops were helping the local military in the hunt for Janjalani and Dulmatin and Patek.
The US offered as much as $10 million bounty for Dulmatin and $1 million for Patek’s capture and another $5 million for known Abu Sayyaf leaders, including Janjalani, its chieftain. President Gloria Arroyo also put up P100 million rewards for the capture of the group’s leaders and their members dead or alive.
I found this while doing a follow up on current events. I hope they find, fix and finish the enemy.