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3 killed in bus blast

Roel Pareño - The Philippine Star
September 21, 2013 | 12:00am

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – A bomb exploded inside a bus, killing three people and wounding another late yesterday afternoon in a village, west of this city, officials said.

Police identifi ed one of the fatalities as Antonio Orquijo, a bus conductor, and a car wash boy. The wounded, a driver, was not immediately identifi ed.

Initial investigation showed that the bomb exploded inside the La Virgen Milagrosa bus with body number 2871 at about 5:45 p.m in a garage in Barangay Labuan, 36 kilometers away from the city.

The conductor and the carboy were about to wash the bus when they noticed a suspicious bag that subsequently exploded.

 

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