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MANILA, Philippines (3rd UPDATE) – An improvised explosive device (IED) was found near the US embassy in Manila early Monday morning, November 28, with the police calling it an "attempted act of terrorism" linked to an ongoing attack in Lanao de Sur by the Maute terror group.</div>
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<br />National police chief Ronald dela Rosa said Islamic militants in the southern Philippines who have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS) group were probably behind the incident.<br /><br />"This is an attempted act of terrorism," Dela Rosa told a news briefing.<br /><br />The Manila Police District (MPD) bomb squad responded to a report of a "suspicious package" near the US embassy at around 6:50 am, which prompted police to cordon off the area.<br /><br />It was found inside a carton box on the sidewalk of Roxas Boulevard, and was later identified as a cellular phone and another electronic gadget. The bomb squad then defused the suspicious items.<br /><br />Police later confirmed that the item found was an IED. The IED, according to Chief Superintendent Oscar Albayalde, chief of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), was composed of a blasting cap, a detonator, a cellular phone, and a 9-volt battery.<br /><br />In addition, the package contained an 81-mm mortar, which Albayalde said was "the same" as the one found in the September 2 blast in Davao City.<br /><br />He said that according to witnesses, a person riding a taxicab threw the package near the US embassy around 2 am. It was found at around 6 am by a street cleaner.<br /><br />The bomb could have caused injury or damage within a 100-meter radius, police said.</div>
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<br />Dela Rosa immediately declared it as an attempt of the Maute group to divert government's attention away from them.<br /><br />"Because of an ongoing police/military operation there, (the militants) have many casualties. We can theorize that this is a diversion to [weaken] our operations," he added.<br /><br />The military began an operation last Thursday, November 24, against the Maute group, which staged the September bombing in Davao.<br /><br />Dela Rosa said the bomb had the same design as the device the Maute group used in the Davao attack.<br /><br />"Unless we get hard evidence, by analysis we can theorize this can be linked to Maute because of what happened in Davao," he said.<br /><br />The police also conducted a sweep of the area to check if there were other potential bombs. The area was later declared safe and secure by the MPD.<br /><br />The incident prompted the closure of the southbound lane of Roxas Boulevard from Kalaw to the embassy area at around 7:36 am. People were also prevented from going near the area.<br /><br />The road was then reopened at past 9 am.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />SOURCE: <a href="http://www.rappler.com/nation/153818-suspected-bomb-roxas-boulevard-manila?utm_content=buffer10e80&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer">RAPPLER</a></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: inherit;">New York (CNN)A day after a bombing injured 29 people in a Manhattan neighborhood, police are scouring the area for clues about who was responsible for the explosion and why it happened.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"We know it was a very serious incident, but we have a lot more work to do to be able to say what kind of motivation was behind this," New York Mayor Bill de Blasio told reporters Sunday. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Was it a political motivation? Was it a personal motivation? We do not know that yet."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A few blocks away from the blast site, investigators found one possible clue: a pressure cooker, with dark-colored wiring sticking out, connected by silver duct tape to what appears to be a cellphone, officials said.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's still unclear whether that suspicious device has any connection to Saturday's explosion, which shook New York City's Chelsea neighborhood and sent panicked people scrambling for cover. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"We don't have everything in. Think of a jigsaw puzzle out in the street right now," he said. "Do we think they're related? Yes, we have to move in that direction, but right now we're not ready to make those calls yet."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Investigators are still waiting for the results of forensics tests to reveal more details about the explosion, a senior law enforcement official said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The blast occurred on the same day as an explosion went off near a Marine Corps charity run in New Jersey and a man stabbed nine people at Minnesota mall, leaving people across the United States on edge. </span></div>
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City officials called on the public to help them track down who's responsible.</div>
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Investigators are also combing through surveillance video for clues, but so far they haven't found anything pointing to a suspect, a senior law enforcement official said. Some of the video is not helpful because the cameras are either too far away or the footage is too grainy to tell what's on it, the official said. Investigators will be canvasing for additional video Sunday.</div>
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Authorities have cordoned off the street where the explosion occurred, in the Chelsea neighborhood south of Midtown in western Manhattan. A small crowd watched from behind police tape Sunday as investigators gathered at the blast site. Some onlookers said residents who live on the block still hadn't been allowed to return to their homes.</div>
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Investigators are still searching the scene for evidence, officials said.</div>
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Meanwhile, New Yorkers will see an increased police presence around the city, de Blasio said.</div>
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Stepped-up security across the city is common as world leaders arrive for the United Nations General Assembly meeting, which is underway. But now it will be even more intense, de Blasio said.</div>
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And New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said 1,000 additional New York State Police officers and National Guard troops will be deployed to patrol bus terminals, airports and subway stations.</div>
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The increased policing, Cuomo said, is "just to err on the side of caution."</div>
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"I want New Yorkers to be confident when they go back to work on Monday that New York is up and running and we're doing everything that we need to do," he said.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Police officers and federal agents searched the streets with flashlights, robots and dogs early Sunday to ensure there were no other devices in the area.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Multiple local and federal law enforcement officials described the pressure cooker found at 27th Street. None of them would say what was inside the cooker, which has since been removed from the scene.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A device at a second location in Chelsea appears to be a pressure cooker, according to multiple local and federal law enforcement officials.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A piece of paper with writing on it was found nearby, the officials said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Search attention also focused on another object in the area, but it turned out to be trash.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">De Blasio said investigators believe there is no connection to an </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">earlier incident in New Jersey,</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">where an explosion went off in a garbage can on the route of a Marine Corps charity run Saturday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">By Sunday morning, all 29 injured victims had been released from hospitals, the governor said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">New York's governor didn't mince words Sunday when he talked about the explosion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"A bomb exploding in New York is obviously an act of terrorism," Cuomo said, vowing that authorities would catch whoever is responsible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"A bomb going off is generically a terrorist activity. That's how we'll consider it. And that's how we will prosecute it," he said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But law enforcement officials and the city's mayor cautioned that without a known motive, it's too soon to call the bombing a terror attack.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">CNN law enforcement analyst Tom Fuentes said the information authorities have revealed so far about the blast leads him to a troubling conclusion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"It tells me that it was a rather large explosive device that someone built and someone detonated and caused the injury of dozens of people. ... It shows me it's a deliberate act and indicates an act of terrorism," he said. "Whether it's domestic terrorism or international, we don't know, but it certainly would have an appearance that somebody made an attempt to kill people, on purpose."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But CNN national security analyst Juliette Kayyem said it's too soon to label the blast a terror attack without knowing the motivations behind the explosion. Terrorism, she said, generally has political or religious motives behind it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"I think it's premature to call it terrorism until we know -- unless you want to define terrorism as any violent act in an urban area -- but given that there's no proof of motivation, you wouldn't be able to bring a terrorism case, so to speak, today," she said. "You certainly would be able to bring other types of cases if you found the culprit."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The explosion rocked Chelsea, a New York neighborhood that's packed with restaurants, subway stations, shops, businesses and art galleries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Nearby resident Sam Smith, 50, said he was closing the shades of his apartment when the blast hit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"All I saw was a big light, and then I heard the explosion," he told CNN as he watched investigators and waited for word about whether he could return home Sunday morning. "I could feel it in my chest. It took me an hour and a half before I could hear again."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Danilo Gabrielli, 50, was watching TV at his 23rd Street apartment about a block away from the explosion site when he heard the blast. He rushed to see what had happened and found a chaotic scene.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"We smelled something, like an intense sulfur smell, and saw smoke coming out of this building. I saw pieces of metal -- not large, but not small either. A few friends of mine saw glass there."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Gabrielli said "the entire neighborhood is real scared."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"It's a real quiet neighborhood -- not like the center of the city or the Wall Street area. It's tiny bars, where you go to grab a drink, grab a bite to eat, watch a film. We were worried."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Surveillance video shows windows shattered with terrified people running on the streets and ducking. The video, which shows angles from inside and outside Orangetheory Fitness in Chelsea, shows a screen laying outside on the street after the explosion and what appears to be papers flying in the air.</span></div>
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An improvised explosive device caused the explosion, presidential spokesman Martin Andanar said, adding drug traffickers opposed to Duterte's war on crime or Islamic militants may have been responsible.</div>
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"There are many elements who are angry at our president and our government," Andanar told <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">DZMM</em> radio, after referring to the drug traffickers and the militants.</div>
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"We are not ruling out the possibility that they might be responsible for this but it is too early to speculate."</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">In a statement early Saturday, September 3, Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte confirmed that 10 people have died on the scene following the explosion, which occurred around 10:20 pm at the market along Roxas Avenue.</span></div>
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Two others later died after being rushed to the Southern Philippines Medical Center.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">"Let us pray for the victims of this unfortunate incident, especially for those who died. Let us pray for those who are being treated in different hospitals and pray for their quick recovery. There are at least 10 people who perished because of the incident and a number were reported wounded," the vice mayor said.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">"Right now, we cannot yet give a definite answer as to who is behind this as we are also trying to determine what really exploded," he added.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">Earlier, witnesses said they heard a loud bang and saw smoke from the site of the explosion, a massage area in the market. Ambulances rushed to the scene, carrying the injured on stretchers.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">They were rushed to the San Pedro Hospital and the Southern Philippines Medical Center for treatment.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5;">Police Regional Office 11 director Police Chief Supt Manuel Gaerlan said the Philippine National Police has established checkpoints at exit points in the city.</span></div>
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"We call on all the people to be vigilant at all times and report to the police any suspicious packages or persons," Gaerlan said.</div>
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A statement from the Office of the Presidential Spokesperson also assured the public that there is "no cause for alarm."</div>
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"While no one has yet claimed responsibility it is best that the populace refrain from reckless speculation and avoid crowded places," the statement read.</div>
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"There is no cause for alarm, but it is wise to be cautious," the statement added.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; margin-top: 50px;">Violence-plagued region</span></div>
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Davao is part of the southern region of Mindanao, where Islamic rebels have waged a decades-long separatist insurgency that has claimed more than 120,000 lives.</div>
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Communist rebels, who have been waging an armed struggle since 1968, also maintain a presence in rural areas neighboring Davao.</div>
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Duterte became well known for bringing relative peace and order to Davao with hardline security policies, while also brokering local deals with Muslim and communist rebels.</div>
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However in 2003 a bomb attack blamed on Muslim rebels at Davao airport killed more than 20 people.</div>
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As president, Duterte quickly launched peace talks with the communists, who last week agreed to an indefinite ceasefire.</div>
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Duterte has also in recent weeks pursued peace talks with the two main Muslim rebel groups. Its leaders have said they want to broker a lasting peace.</div>
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However Duterte has ordered a military offensive against the Abu Sayyaf, a small but extremely dangerous group of militants that has declared allegiance to Islamic State and vowed to continue fighting.</div>
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Fifteen soldiers died on Monday in clashes with the Abu Sayyaf on Jolo island, one of the Abu Sayyaf's main strongholds about 900 kilometres from Davao.</div>
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Presidential spokesman Andanar referred to the fighting on Jolo when he speculated on who may have been behind Friday's bomb attack.</div>
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Andanar also raised the possibility of drug lords fighting back against Duterte's war on crime.</div>
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Duterte has made fighting drugs the top priority of the beginning of his presidency.</div>
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Security forces have conducted raids in communities throughout the country to arrest or kill drug traffickers.</div>
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More than 2,000 people have died in the war on crime, and Duterte has vowed he will not let up until drugs are eliminated from society.</div>
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Duterte was in Davao on Friday and went straight into meetings with security chiefs following the blast, according to his aides.</div>
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