Sayyaf bomber killed in blast

ZAMBOANGA CITY — A suspected Abu Sayyaf bomber was blasted to death when the explosive he had made went off in a remote village in Maimbung, Sulu, the military said.

Brig. Gen. Alexander Aleo, chief of the anti-terror Task Force Comet, said the man was beyond recognition as he was blasted into pieces. — Roel Pareño