Six killed, 144 hurt in twin Philipinnes blasts

TWO bombs exploded yesterday in the southern Philippines city of Zamboanga, killing six people and injuring at least 144.

The bombings were the second major bomb attack in South-East Asia in five days. Suspicion immediately focused on a radical Muslim group also being investigated for Saturday’s explosions on the Indonesian island of Bali, in which more than 180 died.

There was chaos on the streets of Zamboanga as shoppers and shopkeepers ran on to narrow streets littered with wreckage, glass and mutilated bodies from the twin midday blasts.