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Two homemade bombs explode in southern Philippines, no injuries

Sep 4, 2007, 5:28 GMT

Zamboanga City, Philippines - Two homemade bombs exploded on Tuesday in a southern Philippine city, but no injuries or damages were reported, police said. Senior Superintendent Manuel Barcena said the bombs exploded almost simultaneously in a public market in Zamboanga City, 875 kilometres south of Manila, before dawn. Barcena said the bombs were so crude that the explosions sounded like fire crackers. 'No one was hurt in the explosions, but there was some damage to the vegetables stored in the market,' he said. Barcena said the bombs were made with ammonium nitrate and petroleum, while a mosquito coil as igniter. Two weeks ago, a more powerful homemade bomb exploded in a public park in Zamboanga City, injuring 14 people. Police blamed the attack on the al-Qaeda-linked Muslim Abu Sayyaf rebels. Investigators were still trying to identify the group behind Tuesday's twin bombings. Thousands of government troops are conducting an offensive against Abu Sayyaf rebels in nearby Basilan province and Jolo island, two strongholds of the guerrillas. © 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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