Ten people wounded in blast near s.Philippines airport

Wed May 28, 2008 10:38pm EDT
 
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MANILA, May 29 (Reuters) - Ten people were wounded in a blast outside an air base in the southern Philippines on Thursday, police said.

Lurimel Detran, police chief in the city of Zamboanga, said a crude bomb placed in a pile of luggage belonging to people hoping to get on to a military transport plant had exploded.

There was no damage to the air base, he said.

(Reporting by Manny Mogato)



 

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