Rizal Day bombings

] The AFP followed suit days after, deploying numerous bomb squads and medical teams to both Fort Bonifacio and Luneta.cite news | last =Vargas | first =Anthony | title =AFP vows vigilance on Rizal Day | work =The Manila Times Online | language =english | publisher =The Manila Times Publishing Corp. | date =2006-12-30 | url=http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2006/dec/30/yehey/top_stories/20061230top8.html | accessdate =2007-02-14 ] In addition, the PNP's Explosives and Ordnance Division and SWAT deployed teams to LRT stations along Taft Avenue, near one of the original bombing sites.cite news | title =Philippine police tightens security ahead of anniversary of Rizal Day bombing | work =World News | language =english | publisher =People's Daily Online | date =2006-12-29 | url =http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rizal_Day_bombings&action=edit&section=4 | accessdate = 2007-02-14 ]

International reaction

*: The US ambassador to the Philippines said that the United States will not stand for such a terrorist act and that the perpetrators should be brought to justice.

*: The British ambassador to the Philippines said that the Rizal Day bombings is an act of terrorism and will assist the Philippines in supporting the Philippines war against the Abu Sayyaf and Moro Islamic Liberation Front.

*flagicon|New Zealand Australia and New Zealand: Both Australia and New Zealand has condoled the victims of the bombings. Australia has also offered to support the Philippines in fighting the Islamic Terrorists in the Southern Philippines.

*: Russia has condoled the Victims of the bombings and said Russia will not stand for such a terrorist act same way Russia didnt stand for the Russian apartment bombings in Moscow in 1991. Russia has also expressed having closer relations with the Philippine Government.

See also

* 2004 SuperFerry 14 bombing
* 2007 Glorietta explosion

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