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Nine Killed, 17 Injured by Twin Blast in Philippines' South, Reports Suggest

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - At least nine people were killed and 17 others injured as a result of two consecutive explosions in the Philippines' south province of Sulu, media reported on Monday, citing the Philippine authorities.
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According to China's Xinhua news agency, citing the Philippine military and police, the first blast occurred near a grocery store along a busy street in Jolo, the capital of Sulu province, at around noon, followed by the second near a church some 70 meters (230 feet) away an hour later.

​Singapore's Straight Times reported, in turn, that the first blast hit a military vehicle parked in front of a local office building in Jolo, leaving five servicemen killed.

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