Security forces foil bomb attack in Mindanao
Government security forces foiled a bomb attack in Maguindanao province in volatile Mindanao which was blamed on a breakaway Moro rebel group, the military reported on Friday.
Fresh fighting has erupted in the southern Philippines with two air force aircraft dropping bombs near the town of Datu Piang in Mindanao island after Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels fired on a military helicopter.