http://www.mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20111128024032
“Death Toll in Zamboanga Bombing now 3”
Monday, November 28, 2011 03:40:32 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Nov. 28, 2011) –
SNIPPET: “Police said they have traced evidence of TNT from one of the rooms of the pension house, but no group or individual has claimed responsibility for the attack. “We have found traces of TNT which was probably used in the attack,” said one member of the local police bomb squad.
Most of the wounded were wedding guests Zamboanga del Sur province billeted at the hotel. (Mindanao Examiner)”
Note: Some names of the victims are included in this article.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/11/27/11/23-injured-zamboanga-city-explosion
“3 dead, 27 injured in Zamboanga City explosion”
abs-cbnNEWS.com
Posted at 11/28/2011 1:07 AM | Updated as of 11/28/2011 1:02 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (2nd UPDATE) -
SNIPPET: “Police said they had also found traces of chemicals used in making improvised bombs in the ruins of the Atilano Pension House, hours after the Sunday night blast in the port of city of Zamboanga on Mindanao island.”
SNIPPET: “The city of Zamboanga has been the target of frequent bomb attacks, often carried out by Islamic extremists and armed gangs operating in surrounding areas or nearby islands.
In late October, a bomb killed two people in a roadside eatery in Zamboanga.
Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf militants operate just across the strait on nearby Basilan island, from where they often carry out kidnappings and bomb attacks. — reports from RJ Rosalado, David Santos and Jewel Reyes, ABS-CBN Zamboanga City; and Zandro Ochona, dzMM; with Agence France-Presse”