Randolph Cabangbang, spokesman of the military`s Western Mindanao Command, said two more wounded had died at the hospital after an improvised explosive device blast along Serantes Street in Jolo town at around 6:55 p.m. Saturday, which killed two people instantly.
Besides the four casualties, there are six others injured in the terror attack. "We have four fatalities, only two died soon after the explosion, " he said.
Felicisimo Khu, chief of the Directorate for Integrated Police Operations in Western Mindanao, said investigation by the police indicated that the bomb was planted at the generator of the store in the area.
No one group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but government security forces said they are looking into possible involvement of the Abu Sayyaf terror group.
(Uu.H-AK)
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