ZAMBOANGA CITY: 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.
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.
“We have began our own investigation and we also wanted to know who was behind the bombing or whether the military or other group opposed to the peace process was involved in the attack,” said Eid Kabalu, a senior MILF leader.
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.
