Philippines today increased security in the capital after the explosion of a bomb on a city bus that killed at least 5 dead and 13 wounded, and whose authorship is aimed at Muslim rebels in the south of the archipelago. The director of the Metro Manila Police Superintendent Nicanor Bartolome said that the explosive device used in the attack were similar to those used in the past by groups like Abu Sayyaf, linked to Al Qaeda.
The pump, high power and placed under a seat, was detonated in mid-afternoon on Tuesday and opened a huge hole in the vehicle, driving on EDSA, the main artery that crosses the city, at the height of the Makati financial district . The Philippine president, Benigno Aquino, night appeared on television to make it clear that security forces will not stop "until all involved in this brutal crime" are brought to justice.
"" Do not let this situation where the people live in fear, "said Aquino, the mayor of Makati, Junjun Binay not hesitate to describe the explosion of" terrorist act ". The Manila bombing occurred less than 24 hours after an alleged Chechen female suicide bomber blew himself in the Moscow airport, where it caused 35 dead and over hundred injured.
Founded in 1991 by veterans of the war in Afghanistan against the Soviet Union, Abu Sayyaf wants to establish an Islamic state in the region, dominated by Muslim Malay sultanates until the arrival of Spanish colonists. He attributed some of the bloodiest attacks of the past 15 years in the archipelago and a host of local and foreign abductions.
The pump, high power and placed under a seat, was detonated in mid-afternoon on Tuesday and opened a huge hole in the vehicle, driving on EDSA, the main artery that crosses the city, at the height of the Makati financial district . The Philippine president, Benigno Aquino, night appeared on television to make it clear that security forces will not stop "until all involved in this brutal crime" are brought to justice.
"" Do not let this situation where the people live in fear, "said Aquino, the mayor of Makati, Junjun Binay not hesitate to describe the explosion of" terrorist act ". The Manila bombing occurred less than 24 hours after an alleged Chechen female suicide bomber blew himself in the Moscow airport, where it caused 35 dead and over hundred injured.
Founded in 1991 by veterans of the war in Afghanistan against the Soviet Union, Abu Sayyaf wants to establish an Islamic state in the region, dominated by Muslim Malay sultanates until the arrival of Spanish colonists. He attributed some of the bloodiest attacks of the past 15 years in the archipelago and a host of local and foreign abductions.
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