15 hurt in attacks in Philippines

15 hurt in attacks in Philippines

COTABATO, Philippines (AFP): A bus and a jeep were ambushed and a grenade was tossed into a house in separate attacks in the southern Philippines which left 15 people wounded, police and witnesses said yesterday.

Four men fired on the bus on a highway near the town of Pagalungan early yesterday, wounding three passengers, said Sharabe Namla, the bus inspector.

Five persons were injured late Monday when two men aboard a boat tossed a grenade into the riverside home of a Moslem in the town of Midsayap, said senior inspector Jose Marquez of the Midsayap police.

In the third attack, a jeep was ambushed in the town of Datu Odin Sinsuat on Sunday, wounding seven people, a police report said.None of the attackers in the three cases were identified.

Areas of the southern Philippines remain unstable despite a peace treaty signed last year between the national government and the separatist Moro National Liberation Front.