ZAMBOANGA CITY: A homemade bomb explosion killed three children and injured two others in the town of Al-Barka, a known stronghold of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Basilan.

Security officials were quick to blame the Abu Sayyaf for the weekend blast, saying the improvised explosive was planted in the village of Danapah.

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