{"id":36886,"date":"2014-12-31T21:12:20","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T13:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=36886"},"modified":"2025-01-17T23:22:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T04:22:02","slug":"bomb-blast-in-philippines-kills-4-wounds-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/12\/31\/bomb-blast-in-philippines-kills-4-wounds-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Bomb blast in Philippines kills 4, wounds 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/mlang-cotabato.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32675\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/mlang-cotabato.jpg\" alt=\"mlang cotabato\" width=\"533\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/mlang-cotabato.jpg 533w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/mlang-cotabato-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MLANG, Philippines \u2014 A bomb exploded at the entrance of a town market packed with New Year&#8217;s Eve shoppers in the restive southern Philippines, killing four people and wounding at least 30 others, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Police said they have no immediate suspects in the second such attack in two months, but Muslim rebels opposed to a peace deal with the government have been blamed for similar bombings in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the victims were shoppers buying fruits and horns used for noise-making to greet the new year, said police chief Joan Resurreccion of Mlang township in North Cotabato province.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy levitra soft online <a href=\"https:\/\/drbrassie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/levitra-soft.html\">https:\/\/drbrassie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/levitra-soft.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Last month, a bomb blast at a billiard hall in the same town killed three people.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy wegovy online <a href=\"https:\/\/drbrassie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wegovy.html\">https:\/\/drbrassie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/wegovy.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is not a happy new year for us people in Mlang,&#8221; said Mayor Joselito Pinol.<\/p>\n<p>One suspect has been arrested in the previous bombing, but no group has claimed responsibility for either blasts.<\/p>\n<p>Minority Muslims in the predominantly Roman Catholic nation&#8217;s south have been fighting for self-rule for decades. 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