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A suspected bomber was killed and four other people, including two policemen, were wounded in two explosions in the southern Philippines, the military said on Wednesday.
A man transporting an improvised explosive device was killed when it went off at a police checkpoint near the town of Esperanza on Mindanao island late on Tuesday, said regional military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Julieto Ando.
One police officer was wounded when the device made out of a mortar shell and hidden in a sack of charcoal detonated, Ando told reporters.
"The bomb was in transit and probably exploded due to faulty assembly," he added.
Meanwhile, a policeman and two other people were wounded late on Tuesday when unidentified men tossed a bomb at a police outpost on the outskirts of General Santos city, the spokesman said.
Moro Islamic Liberation Front separatist rebels operating in the region denied any involvement in the Esperanza bombing.
A man transporting an improvised explosive device was killed when it went off at a police checkpoint near the town of Esperanza on Mindanao island late on Tuesday, said regional military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Julieto Ando.
One police officer was wounded when the device made out of a mortar shell and hidden in a sack of charcoal detonated, Ando told reporters.
"The bomb was in transit and probably exploded due to faulty assembly," he added.
Meanwhile, a policeman and two other people were wounded late on Tuesday when unidentified men tossed a bomb at a police outpost on the outskirts of General Santos city, the spokesman said.
Moro Islamic Liberation Front separatist rebels operating in the region denied any involvement in the Esperanza bombing.