ZAMBOANGA CITY – A bomb explosion killed a tribal member and wounded another in an attack on Thursday by the jihadist group Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in the restive Muslim province of Maguindanao in the southern Philippines.

Two other members of the tribal group Teduray were also taken hostage by the BIFF in Ampatuan town, several kilometers away from the town of Datu Unsay where the bombing that killed Diego Dagada, 24, took place. His elderly companion, Bada Dagadas, was also injured in the blast.

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