Bomb disrupts Philippine independence celebrations

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TERRORISM: A bomb disposal expert was killed and two others were injured while trying to defuse the homemade device, which was planted close to a popular restaurant

AP , JOLO, PHILIPPINES

Suspected Muslim extremists planted a homemade bomb in a southern Philippine town to disrupt Independence Day celebrations early yesterday, killing a bomb disposal expert who was trying to defuse the device, an army commander said.

A soldier and a police officer controlling the crowds were injured in the blast.

Local residents found the bomb inside a black plastic bag at the gate of the Plaza Rizal in Jolo town close to a popular restaurant and alerted the authorities who sent an army bomb squad to defuse it.

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