Officials say an improvised bomb has exploded in front of a gun store in the restive southern Philippines, killing at least one person and wounding six. -- PHOTO: AFP
COTABATO (Philippines) - OFFICIALS say an improvised bomb has exploded in front of a gun store in the restive southern Philippines, killing at least one person and wounding six.
No one has claimed responsibility for Tuesday's attack in southern Cotabato city. Separatist rebels and criminal gangs operate in the predominantly Muslim region.
Police Superintendent Roberto Badian says the bomb was placed inside a motorcycle in front of the store and remotely detonated using a cellphone.
A man walking nearby was killed while glass splinters from the shattered window hit six other people up to 10m away.
Cotabato City Administrator Cynthia Guiani Sayadi calling the bombing barbaric and un-Islamic. She noted it occurred during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. -- AP
