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Police said an unidentified man threw a bomb late July 31 at the packed GM Jumping Horse carnival near the municipal health office of Monkayo, about 100 kms. from here. Two people were killed on the spot, while a third victim died due to loss of blood after being taken to hospital. Thirty-six others were hurt by shrapnel and a stampede following the blast, according to regional police spokesman Capt. Matthew Baccay. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but the military said investigators were not ruling out involvement of either communist rebels or Muslim separatist guerrillas. Both groups operate in Mindanao. Nearly all recent bombings in the South have been blamed on the country's largest Muslim separatist group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Government forces captured the group's main headquarters last month, sending its leader Hashim Salamat fleeing abroad. "The investigators will subject the fragments (of the explosive) to a laboratory analysis to identify the type of bomb," Baccay said. "At present, we do not have any suspect," added Monkayo Mayor Avelino Cabag. Southern Command chief Lt. Gen. Diomedio Villanueva said "all angles are being considered," including the possibility the MILF or the communist New People's Army (NPA) could be behind the attack. However, he said it was also possible the attack could have been triggered by someone with a "personal grudge," without elaborating. "Many people were hurt by shrapnel and in the pandemonium that broke out after the blast," Villanueva said. Government television, quoting provincial authorities, reported that the NPA had earlier threatened to raid and torch Monkayo's municipal hall as well as attack other government installations in the area. It said provincial police had been on heightened alert after discovering a bagful of explosives and arson materials at the town's primary school three months earlier. One of those hurt in the blast, Jainal Manucang, told police that merrymakers were milling around the carnival when the bomb went off. He said he was hit on the feet by shrapnel as dozens of people started scampering for safety. Two people were already sprawled on the ground when he turned to look, Manucang said. "I did not notice somebody who might have placed or thrown the bomb," he said. MILF guerrillas in the past two weeks haave been blamed for carrying out massacres and grenade attacks in nearby provinces, leaving nearly 40 people dead and scores of others injured. The NPA, the armed wing of the underground Communist Party of
the Philippines (CPP), has an existing "tactical alliance" with the
MILF, under which guerrillas from both groups are given sanctuary The NPA has also hailed the MILF's recent attacks, saying these put the government forces on the defensive. Exiled communist party founder Jose Ma. Sison last month advised the MILF to hit vulnerable targets, including electric power grids, oil depots and communication towers. (SNS) REQUEST FOR A COMPLIMENTARY COPY Refresh
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