Philippines looking for 2 suspected bus bombers
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine police were searching Wednesday for two men they suspect remotely detonated a bus bomb that killed 5 passengers and were trying to determine whether the explosive pointed to the involvement of al-Qaida-linked militants. Metropolitan Manila police chief Nicanor Bartolome said investigators had recovered parts of an 81 mm mortar round and a Nokia cell phone used in Tuesday’s bombing that wounded 13 other people in Makati city, the capital’s financial district. The bombing could deal a blow to President Benigno Aquino III’s effort to project an image of stability after coming to power seven months ago and attract foreign investors to fund an ambitious package of…
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