MANILA - An explosion ripped through the town plaza of Jolo in the the Muslim-majority southern province of Sulu on Monday noon, police sources told ABS-CBN News.
Abu Sayyaf is based in the south and has engaged in bombings as well as kidnappings of
Western tourists and missionaries for ransom since the early 1990s.More details to follow.
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