A powerful explosion killed seven people and wounded nine more in the province of Basilan, the military said on Wednesday.

Capt. Jefferson Somera, a spokesman for the 1st Infantry Division, said the blast was caused by an improvised explosive planted outside the house of a pro-government militia identified as Manuel Cisneros in the village of Tumahubong in Sumisip town.

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