2002 Zamboanga City bombings | |
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Location | Four separate locations in Zamboanga City |
Date | First bombing: October 2, 2002 Second bombing: October 17, 2002 Third bombing: October 21, 2002 |
Target | Two department stores, Fort Pillar shrine and a karaoke bar/restaurant opposite a military base. |
Deaths | at least 11 |
Injured | at least 180 |
Perpetrators | unknown (MILF, Abu Sayyaf, and Jemaah Islamiyah suspected) |
The 2002 Zamboanga bombings were a series of attacks perpetrated on the October 2, 17 and 21, 2002, around the southern Philippine port of Zamboanga City, Mindanao island.[1] Eleven people died and over 180 others were wounded in the four bomb attacks allegedly perpetrated by Islamic extremists with connections to the Abu Sayyaf insurgent group.[2][3]