3 dead, dozens hurt in Philippine bombing (Just another Isolated Incident.)

A powerful homemade bomb tore through a packed public market in the southern Philippine city of Tacurong on Tuesday, killing three people and seriously wounding 33, police said.

The military said the attack bore the hallmarks of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), the Al-Qaeda's Southeast Asian arm which has, according to latest intelligence, linked up with Philippines-based militants.

The bombing came came just a week before national elections and two weeks after US warnings of imminent terror attacks in the area.

Witnesses reported a horrific scene of dead and bleeding wounded strewn about the smoking rubble of a billiards hall in the market where bomb squad officers said the device had been placed.

Entire article here.