MANILA: A bomb exploded during Christmas Day Mass at a chapel inside a police camp in the volatile southern Philippines, wounding a priest and 10 churchgoers.
The device was hidden in a ventilation window near the ceiling of the chapel, which is on the compound where the provincial police office is located in Jolo town on Jolo Island, Sulu provincial police said.
The island is a stronghold of Al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf militants, but it wasn’t clear who was responsible for the bombing. Investigators recovered parts of a cell phone they believe detonated the device.
All of the wounded were civilians. One woman remained at a hospital for observation later Saturday, but police said one did not need hospital treatment and the others have been treated and sent home.
The Rev. Romeo Villanueva, 72, said a newly ordained priest, the Rev. Ricky Bacoldol, who was assisting him, was thrown off his feet by the blast impact and suffered a slight leg injury.
“I was reading the Gospel. I was not yet finished when there was a loud explosion,” Villanueva told The Associated Press by telephone.
Hmmm...."The war on christianity"?
Outrage by the US President......Silence and we all know why !3 bomb attacks on Christmas aimed at Christians not a word - 1 bomb among Muslims in Iran, but there he is speaking out against it!
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Hi Pastorius.
ReplyDelete"America is not at war with Islam" but they sure seem to have a problem with Christianity it seems,there was no hostility at the Western Front Christmas day 1915 ,but 2010 there's not even a truce towards Christianity on one of their holiest days.And then he's surprised they don't believe he's a Christian?Sorry "self proclaimed Christian",havent seen a Baptise recording act from him yet.
Merry Chrsitmas .
Merry Christmas anyway.
ReplyDeleteDerek's photograph of Mohammed is the perfect card for the day. Thanks for sharing.