MLANG, North Cotabato: Local officials here believed the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and al-Khobar extortion gang members had a hand in the deadly December 31 bombing that left two females dead and 33 others wounded.

Mayor Joselito Pinol said he believed the outlawed BIFF was behind the attack in retaliation to the arrest earlier of a man suspected to have carried out the Nov. 23 bombing at a billiard hall near the town plaza.

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