Sultan Kudarat and Cotabato cities in southern Philippines were rocked by powerful bombs just a few hours after police authorities engaged a group of Muslim rebels in a firefight that resulted in the death of three members of Abu Sayaff terrorist group.
No casualty was reported in the bombing incidents. The Cotabato City explosion took place outside a hotel while a house was blown in the Sultan Kudarat explosion.
Southern Philippines is currently on red alert following the killing of the Abu Sayaff members by the the police in Jolo, Sulo.
"We are establishing the motives. We have alerted our troops," regional military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Randolph Cabangbang said after the blasts.
AFP/Yahoo news reports:
It was not immediately clear if the explosions were related to Sunday's offensive, although police and military had earlier warned of retaliatory attacks from the Abu Sayyaf.
Police commandos killed three Abu Sayyaf members Sunday, including Gafur Jumdail, brother of Abu Jumdail, one of the group's top operatives.
The Abu Sayaff group of southern Philippines is a small group of Islamic militants being funded by the international terrorist group Al Qaeda
The group is on the US government's list of wanted foreign terrorist organizations. Two Americans seized with a group of tourists in 2002 were killed in captivity.
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