More on [1] this situation. "Muslim rebels suspected in deadly blast in Philippines," from [2] Channel News Asia, June 21:

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines: Suspected Muslim separatist guerrillas hurled two grenades at a town festival in the southern Philippines, leaving one person dead and 32 wounded, officials said.

The grenades were hurled almost simultaneously late Saturday at the town plaza and the town hall in Maasim town on the southern island of Mindanao as residents were celebrating the town's 37th anniversary, said local army spokesman Lieutenant Kurt Decapia.

He said the attacks may have been carried out by the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), citing intelligence reports that the rebels had originally planned to plant home-made bombs in the town.

He also noted that last year, the MILF attacked the mostly-Christian town, killing and wounding several civilians...