Suspected bomber, aide killed in Philippines blast

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Suspected bomber, aide killed in Philippines blast

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Authorities say two men were killed when a bomb they were allegedly carrying exploded.

12 August,2011 03:18 pm

The incident occurred in the restive southern Philippines. Police say that two men were killed when a bomb exploded prematurely along a highway in southern Philippines.No motive has been established, but Muslim separatists and criminal syndicates operate in the region. Police chief Chino Mamburam in Kidapawan city informed that the homemade explosive went off early Friday, killing the suspected bomber instantly. He said investigators managed to talk to his companion before he died in a hospital. Mamburam said that it is possible the bomb was meant to disrupt government’s peace talks with Muslim separatists in Philippines.The military blamed al-Qaida-linked militants for a blast last week in nearby Cotabato city that killed one man and wounded 12 people outside a gun store.