A powerful bomb exploded in Cotabato city as a city administrator’s bullet-proof SUV was passing by, killing at least six people, including the official’s two bodyguards and a policeman, and injuring 25 more. Last week another bombing on Mindanao killed eight people and injured dozens more. Islamist militants are suspected in the blasts. The US, Canada, and Australia warned their citizens in July against traveling to Cotabato and two other southern cities, due to new terror threats.
