DAVAO (Philippines): At least 19 people were killed and more than 100 others injured in a bomb attack at a key airport in the rebellion-torn southern Philippines yesterday, officials and reports said.
The blast struck a shed outside the Davao airport terminal amid a backdrop of increased Muslim guerilla activity in the region ahead of a planned deployment of US anti-terror troops. Early reports said that among those killed were four Americans.
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