Terrorism in The Philippines - 2011

A bomb explodes on board a Newman Goldliner bus at the corner of Epifanio de los Santos Avenue and Buendia avenue in Makati, Manila, killing five and wounding thirteen more. Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo stated preliminary findings showed the weapon used an 81mm mortar with a timing device triggered by mobile phone, similar to bombs detonated in Mindanao at the time. Police believe the device, which blew a hole in the side of the bus, was placed under a seat halfway down the vehicle carrying about 30 commuters at the time of the blast.

Four people are killed, mostly rickshaw drivers waiting for commuters, when a powerful blast, believed to be from an improvised bomb, detonated outside a San Raymundo village primary school in Jolo. The school was empty at the time of the blast that severely damaged the school building. Local military Chief Brigadier General Romeo Tanalgo released the names of those killed, revising down the figure of five fatalities to only two people who were killed at the scene and another two who died in hospital. At least ten others were wounded, three seriously.

Three construction workers are killed and another wounded in an attack staged by leftist rebels in the ore rich township of Tampakan. Ten gunmen, believed New Peoples Army rebels, ambushed a convoy of five trucks at around 1:30pm with small arms and grenades in the village of Danlag, Cotabato.

Up to 11 people, including relatives of Maguindanao Governor Esmael Mangudadatu, and a Moro rebel were killed in a confrontation related to a dispute over a fishing ground in the province. Mangudadatu stated local officials, joined by 150 supporters, were inspecting a road project near Lake Buluan in Mangudadatu town, around 8:20 a.m. when suspected Moro rebels fired upon the gathered crowd. Eight of his supporters died at the scene of the attack while three others were transported to hospital with mortal injuries. Mangudadatu's wife, relatives and other supporters were murdered, along with 32 journalists and staff in a 2009 massacre in Maguindanao. A civil-military relations officer confirmed the victims were to inspect a road project in Barangay Tenuk in Mangudadatu town at 3 p.m. when the gunmen, positioned on one side of the road, opened fire with assault rifles and B-40 anti-tank rockets.

The Philippine military reported approximately 100 Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels took part in Sunday's attack, and at least one was identified as being killed during the fighting. Numerous residents fled their homes and Army troops took positions between the two sides in an attempt to pacify them and prevent new clashes, said military spokesman Colonel Prudencio Asto, spokesman for the Army's 6th Division. Col. Asto, confirmed that the violence stemmed from a clash between MILF troops led by Salendab and supporters of the Mangudadatus, who are locked in a two-decade-old "rido" or clan war with the Mangudadatus, apparently over control of strategic tracts of land in three adjoining Maguindanao towns.

A couple and a marshall on board a bus are killed and other passengers are robbed by four gunmen who later torched the vehicle. The gunmen, who were posing as passengers, fired on the two bus marshalls, killing one and wounding the other. An army major, who tried to draw his weapon in defence, and the army major's wife were also fatally wounded.

Two people are killed and 15 wounded in dual bomb blasts, one outside a canteen near a Catholic church and the second near the Commission on Audit building in the North Cotabato region. Provincial police say improvised explosive devices were used in both incidents.

Two people are killed and 9 wounded in a bomb blast.