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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.
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http://rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=127966&D=2005-08-28&HC=1
"Beslan school remains a symbol of death for Russia"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "On Tamerlan Satsayev's first day of school one year ago, he wore a new suit and a white shirt and carried a bouquet of flowers. Two days later, he escaped death, almost naked, in the arms of an unknown rescuer, his mother severely wounded in the debris behind him.
Tamerlan's mother, Natasha Satsayeva, 30, a former midwife, survived a month-long coma after terrorists seized Beslan School No. 1 on Sept. 1, 2004, resulting in a bloody confrontation. Shrapnel from a grenade struck Satsayeva in the head, neck and torso as she shielded Tamerlan and his two younger sisters. She suffered neurological damage and is now unable to walk; one of her legs shakes involuntarily; her left arm rests uselessly on her lap.
"Look. This is my life," she said bitterly, recalling the attack. Her 7-year-old son, silent and watchful, started, and she paused to check her harsh tone. She added softy, "I hope he can learn to live again."
A three-day siege by terrorists from the Russian republics of Chechnya and Ingushetia at the elementary school ended in an inferno of explosions, gunfire and flame, and has left a legacy of shattered lives. An explosion in the school gymnasium was followed by a series of other blasts, triggering a chaotic firefight and a raging fire that left 331 people dead, including 186 children."