RI to help RP probing deadly blast

Wed, 09 Apr 2003 | Source: AFP

PHILIPPINES: Indonesia vowed full cooperation on Tuesday into a probe over reports that five Indonesians were allegedly behind last week's bombing of a wharf in the southern Philippines that left 16 people dead.

"We are on the same side," said Johannes Manginsela, Indonesian vice-consul in Davao city, where the deadly blast occurred. "We will cooperate in the investigation," he added.

A Philippine intelligence report has said that five Indonesians, allegedly members of the Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) group, may be behind the bombing, the second in Davao in about a month.

Manginsela said he was aware of the Manila intelligence report linking the five Indonesians to the bomb blast at Davao city wharf that also injured more than 50 others. --AFP

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