20 killed after blast

ZAMBOANGA - About 20 people were hurt when a small home made bomb exploded yesterday and caused a stampede at a cinema in the…

ZAMBOANGA - About 20 people were hurt when a small home made bomb exploded yesterday and caused a stampede at a cinema in the fifth bomb attack in the southern Philippines in four days, police said.

Hundreds of film goers fled when the bomb, in a bottle, went off under a balcony seat.

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