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2 bombs defused in Maguindanao

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June 15, 2009 | 12:00am

COTABATO CITY, Philippines – Military ordnance experts yesterday defused two improvised bombs planted by suspected Moro rebels along the highway and near an elementary school in Maguindanao.

Lt. Col. Jonathan Ponce, spokesman of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, said the bombs were found along a stretch of the Cotabato-Isulan Highway in Datu Saudi town and near the Nabundas Elementary School in Mamasapano.

An improvised bomb went off near the entrance of the same school Saturday. – John Unson

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COTABATO-ISULAN HIGHWAY

DATU SAUDI

INFANTRY DIVISION

JOHN UNSON

JONATHAN PONCE

MAGUINDANAO

MAMASAPANO

NABUNDAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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