MILF begins own probe into Mindanao bombing
15:59, 7 July 2009
ZAMBOANGA CITY. July 7. KAZINFORM. Philippine Moro rebels have began a parallel probe into a deadly bomb attack outside a Catholic church that killed 5 people and wounded over 50 others in the troubled South; Kazinform refers to Arab News.
Military authorities blamed the Moro Islamic Liberation Front for the weekend bombing in Cotabato City. But the MILF denied the accusation and has started its own investigation into the attack.
Kabalu said they suspected that government soldiers were behind the spate of bombings in the restive Muslim autonomous region where security and rebel forces are fighting.
He said civilians reported on Saturday that they saw a man clad in MILF uniform plant a bomb in Maguindanao's Datu Piang town and then flee to an army detachment in Buayan village. The bomb exploded minutes later and injured three people; Kazinform cites Arab News. See www.arabnews.com for full version.