Four athletes and a Sepak Takraw club team coach were wounded in the bombing.
PSC chairman William Butch Ramirez said there is no justification for purposely causing pain to any person, especially if this is fatal.
“This cowardly act aimed to terrorize the public, including athletes among its victims whose budding athletic future are unfairly dimmed by this horrible atrocity,” Ramirez said in a statement posted on PSC’s Facebook page.
Sources said the explosion occurred around 8:45 a.m. inside a Rural Tours bus parked along the roadside. The bus driver, conductor, and other passengers had a stopover in Barangay Making, Parang, and Maguindanao for breakfast when the incident happened.
Members of a club team from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) were reportedly on their way to compete in a National Invitational Tournament in Dipolog City with hopes of earning slots to the Philippine team bound for the ASEAN Schools Games.
It was learned that the injured four athletes and one coach are now in stable condition. (Romeo Braceros Jr.)
Photo: PSC FB page
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