CASUALTIES in the car bomb explosion that ripped Monday afternoon through a busy street in Cotabato City rose to eight after three of  30 injured victims expired in hospital, police said yesterday.

Tension also ran high in this mixed Muslim-Christian community, especially among relatives and followers of City Mayor Japal Guiani Jr., whose family the police initially tagged as the prime “target” in the bomb attack that instantly killed two of his sister’s escorts.

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