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MANILA: Two suicide attackers carried out a double bombing in the southern Philippines that killed 14 people and wounded scores, the army chief said on Tuesday, as he called for martial law to be imposed.
Monday’s attacks -- the country’s deadliest this year -- happened on Jolo island in Muslim-majority Sulu province where government-backed security forces have long been fighting the Islamic State-linked Abu Sayyaf militant group.
The first blast -- initially thought to have been an improvised explosive device attached to a motorbike -- was followed an hour later by a suicide bomber detonating her explosives.
Eight members of the security forces and six civilians were killed in the apparently coordinated blasts. (AFP)
Monday’s attacks -- the country’s deadliest this year -- happened on Jolo island in Muslim-majority Sulu province where government-backed security forces have long been fighting the Islamic State-linked Abu Sayyaf militant group.
The first blast -- initially thought to have been an improvised explosive device attached to a motorbike -- was followed an hour later by a suicide bomber detonating her explosives.
Eight members of the security forces and six civilians were killed in the apparently coordinated blasts. (AFP)
