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Muslim rebels torch houses in Zamboanga

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ZAMBOANGA CITY – After a night of revelry, residents of a remote village in Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay experienced terror when Moro guerrillas swooped down on their community and torched at least 10 houses on New Year’s Day, police said.

Chief Superintendent Simeon Dizon, Western Mindanao police director, said the rebels robbed the villagers of cash and valuables before herding them away and setting their houses on fire.

Dizon could not say if there were villagers hurt in the attack.

Meanwhile, a powerful blast ripped through two business establishments in Kabacan, North Cotabato on New Year’s Eve, the military said.

No one was reported injured in the explosion that hit ML Lhuiller and Echo Bakery along Aglipay street.

The explosive was made out of a 60-mm mortar shell with a timing device, the military’s Southern Command said. – Roel Pareño

AGLIPAY

CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT SIMEON DIZON

DIZON

KABACAN

LHUILLER AND ECHO BAKERY

NEW YEAR

NORTH COTABATO

ROEL PARE

SOUTHERN COMMAND

WESTERN MINDANAO

ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY

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