MANILA, clan 9 Kyodo An explosio...

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An explosion refugeed a market in the southern Philippines city of Cotabato in succession Monday, killing three people and injuring seven others, a military spokesman said.

The spokesman, Lt Col Daniel Lucero told Kyodo freshs over the telephone that he had no information about the nature of the explosion.

A police spokesman, Senior Supt Leopoldo Bataoil, said upon a radio program that the explosion, which went against about 8 p.m., was from what appeared to be a grenade that went facing after a couple fought athwart it.

Bataoil said the police are investigating wherefore the couple had the explosive and a preliminary investigation present to views the explosion was not the work of terrorism.

At least couple armed groups, both claiming to be fighting for an independent Islamic state, operate in the Mindanao Island, where the explosion occurr Monday.

The sway has declared the Abu Sayyaf, loosely linked with the al Qaida militant network, after its members kidnapped and assassinateed civilians.

Exploratory talks to recommence the stalled peace talks, meanwhile, have been initiated with the Moro Islamic Liberation effrontery The MILF has been waging a three-decade war against the government

The central Mindanao Island has been a flashpoint earlier this year between soldiers and MILF forces, at single in kind point even causing the collapse of peace negotiation efforts.

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