Bomb blast kills 3, wounds 9 in south Philippines

FE Team | Published: March 13, 2011 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

JOLO, Mar 12: Suspected Abu Sayyaf militants detonated a powerful bomb near a school on a southern Philippine island Thursday, killing at least three people and wounding nine others, officials said. The homemade bomb went off shortly after a van of police special forces passed by, hitting instead pedestrians and motorists during rush hour on Jolo island in the predominantly Muslim province of Sulu. -AP