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AP
"Bomb on Philippines Ferry Injures 30"
Sunday, August 28, 2005
MANILA, Philippines —
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Military spokesman Lt. Col. Buenaventura Pascual said in Manila that a homemade bomb was placed in a trash can. Brig. Gen. Raymundo Ferrer, who rushed to the scene, said a firebomb may have gone off near the ferry's canteen, citing a statement by the skipper and the nature of the victims' wounds.
"It's an IED," said Ferrer, the army commander in Basilan, referring to an improvised explosive device — the military term for homemade bombs."
ARTICLE SNIPPET#2: "Ferrer said the ship's security measures included two soldiers who stood at a gangplank to inspect incoming passengers.
A bomb went off on a ferry in Manila Bay last year, killing 116 people in the country's worst terror attack. Two bombs injured 30 people in southern Zamboanga city early this month. Both attacks have been blamed on the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group."
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Abu Sayyaf stages bomb attack on ferry in southern Philippines
Xinhua ^ | 8/28/05
Posted on 08/29/2005 1:52:27 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter
MANILA, Aug. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- The Abu Sayyaf group was the perpetrator of a blast which injured 30 people Sunday morning on a ferry in Basilan island, southern Philippines, said a Philippine official.
The vice mayor of Lamitan town where the blast took place, Jimmy Andong, told local media that the blast was the handiwork ofAbu Sayyaf bandits, who were disguised as fishermen.
Lamitan police also confirmed that a homemade bomb, instead of a gas tank as was earlier reported by the military, ripped through the kitchen portion of the M/V Dona Ramona around 07:00 a.m. local time Sunday morning.
The vessel, which was docked at the Lamitan wharf in Basilan, was scheduled to depart for Zamboanga City.
Most of the victims were taken to a hospital in Zamboanga City,said officials.
A spokesman for the Philippine Armed Forces Southern Command said earlier that a liquefied petroleum gas tank exploded while the ferry was docked at the Dangkalan Wharf in Lamitan town.
Basilan is a known lair of the Abu Sayyaf, a bandit group believed to have links to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network.
The Abu Sayyaf, with the help of the southeast Asian terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah, firebombed a ferry off Manila Bay in February 2004 and bombed the cities of Makati, Davao, and General Santos a year later.
The two attacks left over 100 people killed and hundreds others injured.