DAVAO CITY: Police and military authorities on Wednesday blamed militants of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) for Tuesday’s bombing of a commuter bus in Bukidnon which killed 10 people and injured at least 21 others.

Brig. Gen. Alexander Balutan, deputy commander of the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) Eastern Mindanao Command, said a group headed by one Garnet Lintang, an alleged BIFF ground commander operating in central Mindanao, carried out the bombing.

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