50 Injured in Bomb Blast in Southern Philippines

Published October 28th, 2001 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

About 50 people, including many children, were injured when a bomb exploded at a food stand in a crowded plaza in the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga on Sunday. 

The bomb, believed to be a home-made device, went off near a barbecue stand at the plaza of the Zamboanga Puericulture Center, radio reports and survivors said -- Philippines, (AFP)  

 

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