Friday, December 02, 2011

பிலிப்பைன்சில் முஸ்லீம் பயங்கரவாதிகள் வெடிகுண்டு தாக்குதல்: 3 பேர் பலி


பிலிப்பைன்சில் வெடிகுண்டு தாக்குதல்: 3 பேர் பலி
[ செவ்வாய்க்கிழமை, 29 நவம்பர் 2011, 01:17.34 பி.ப GMT ]
பிலிப்பைன்ஸ் ஓட்டலில் தீவிரவாதிகள் வெடிகுண்டு தாக்குதல் நடத்தியதில் 3 பேர் பலியாயினர். 27 பேர் படுகாயம் அடைந்தனர்.
பிலிப்பைன்சின் தென்பகுதியில் உள்ளது ஜாம்போங்கா நகரம். இங்குள்ள பிரபலமான அடிலானோ ஓட்டலில் திருமண நிகழ்ச்சி ஒன்று நேற்று(28.11.2011) நடப்பதாக இருந்தது.
இரண்டு அடுக்கு ஓட்டலில் 35 அறைகள் உள்ளன. திருமணத்துக்காக வந்திருந்த உறவினர்கள் 6 அறைகளில் தங்கியிருந்தனர். கடந்த ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை ஓட்டலில் சக்தி வாய்ந்த வெடிகுண்டு வெடித்தது. இதில் 3 பேர் பரிதாபமாக பலியாயினர். 27 பேர் படுகாயம் அடைந்தனர்.
அவர்களில் பலர் திருமண நிகழ்ச்சியில் பங்கேற்க வந்தவர்கள். அதிர்ஷ்டவசமாக மணமக்கள் உயிர் தப்பினர். காயம் அடைந்தவர்கள் உடனடியாக மீட்கப்பட்டு அருகில் உள்ள மருத்துவமனைகளில் சேர்க்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர்.
இதுகுறித்து ஜாம்போங்கா நகர காவல்துறை இயக்குனர் எட்வின் கூறுகையில், வெடிகுண்டு வெடித்தது குறித்த முதல் கட்ட விசாரணையில் தீவிரவாதிகள் நடத்திய தாக்குதல் என்று தெரியவந்துள்ளது. இந்த தாக்குதலுக்கும் திருமண கும்பலுக்கும், எந்த தொடர்பும் இல்லை என்றார். வெடிகுண்டு தாக்குதலால் திருமணம் தள்ளிவைக்கப்பட்டது.

Powerful bomb blast kills 3, hurts 27 in southern Philippines hotel packed with wedding guests

MANILA, Philippines — Suspected Islamic militants detonated a powerful bomb that killed at least three people and wounded 27 others in a budget hotel packed with wedding guests in the southern Philippines, officials said Monday.
Investigators believe the blast and ensuing fire that gutted the two-story Atilano Pension House in downtown Zamboanga City late Sunday was a terrorist strike and that it was not linked to the wedding, city police director Edwin de Ocampo said.
  • ( / Associated Press ) - Policemen carry a body that was recovered under the ruins of the damaged Atilano Pension House in downtown Zamboanga city, southern Philippines, Monday, Nov. 28, 2011. Suspected Islamic militants detonated a powerful bomb in the budget hotel packed with wedding guests, officials said Monday.
  • ( / Associated Press ) - In this late Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011 photo, firefighters and rescuers inspect the remains of the Atilano Pension House in downtown Zamboanga city, southern Philippines. Suspected Islamic militants detonated a powerful bomb in the budget hotel packed with wedding guests, officials said Monday.
  • ( / Associated Press ) - A police officer inspects the damage on Atilano Pension House in downtown Zamboanga city, southern Philippines, Monday, Nov. 28, 2011. Suspected Islamic militants detonated a powerful bomb in the budget hotel packed with wedding guests, officials said Monday.
( / Associated Press ) - Policemen carry a body that was recovered under the ruins of the damaged Atilano Pension House in downtown Zamboanga city, southern Philippines, Monday, Nov. 28, 2011. Suspected Islamic militants detonated a powerful bomb in the budget hotel packed with wedding guests, officials said Monday.
Still, many of the victims were from a group of more than 20 people who occupied six of the hotel’s 35 rooms for a planned ceremony Monday. The tragedy forced the wedding to be postponed, Zamboanga Mayor Celso Lobregat said.
“We should not show that we’re panicking because that is what these troublemakers relish to see,” Lobregat told The Associated Press by telephone. “We have good leads. We will get all of them.”
The blast was believed to be one of two simultaneous bombings planned by al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaff militants. The other would have been on nearby Basilan island, where two explosives were separately found and safely defused by authorities in Isabela city on Sunday, de Ocampo said.
The hotel blast, caused by about 22 pounds (10 kilograms) of TNT powder, was one of the most high-profile bombings this year blamed on the Abu Sayyaf, which has been weakened by years of battle setbacks.
The blast was so powerful it caused much of the second floor to collapse, blew off the hotel roof and shattered glass panes and windows from nearby buildings, Zamboanga city Mayor Celso Lobregat said.
Two of the wounded were in serious condition and more than a dozen others remained confined in a hospital, he said.
Zamboanga city, a predominantly Christian trading hub 540 miles (860 kilometers) south of Manila, is located in a volatile region long troubled by a decades-long Muslim insurgency, extortion gangs and kidnap for ransom syndicates.
The blast occurred in room 226 on the second floor of the hotel, instantly killing two people staying in two adjacent rooms, which were devastated by the blast. A third body was found Monday on the ground floor, pinned by the cement slabs that collapsed from above, Lobregat said.
De Ocampo said investigators were trying to determine how the TNT bomb was detonated, adding its design resembled those used by the Abu Sayyaf in past attacks on Basilan island, the group’s birthplace.
Police Senior Inspector Cesar Memoracion said his local bomb squad recently informed the hotel owner to be on guard for a possible bomb attack, citing intelligence, which did not identify the source of the threat.
In January 2000, the hotel was rocked by a blast that killed three suspected Muslim militants assembling a bomb in a room, officials said.
The Abu Sayyaf was founded on Basilan in the early 1990s as an offshoot of a violent Muslim insurgency that has been raging for decades. U.S.-backed offensives have weakened the group, which is blacklisted by Washington as a terrorist organization, but it remains a key security threat.
It has about 380 armed fighters and survives mostly on extortion and kidnappings for ransom. Abu Sayyaf militants are believed to be holding an American, an Indian, a Malaysian and a Japanese convert to Islam, along with a number of Filipino hostages in Basilan and nearby Jolo island.
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