3 passengers hurt in Maguindanao bus explosion

An injured passenger was rushed out of a Rural Tours bus after an explosion. The bus which came from Cotabato city was parked on a roadside in Parang, Maguindanao on its way to Dipolog City on Sunday, April 24. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS (Parang PNP)

PARANG, MAGUINDANAO – Three passenger were injured when an improvised bomb went off inside a Rural Tours bus parked along the roadside here on its way to Dipolog City.

Lt. Colonel Joseph D. Macatangay, Parang town police chief, told reporters the explosion occurred about 8:45 a.m., about a kilometer away from the regional headquarters of police in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), and injuring three passengers, including a 25-year old woman who has been rushed to the Parang District Hospital.

Macatangay said the bus driver and conductor, as well as other passengers, had a stopover in Barangay Making, Parang, Maguindanao for breakfast when the explosion happened.

Bomb expert are still investigating the blast scene.

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