2004 SuperFerry 14 bombing

Infobox terrorist attack
title=February 2004 SuperFerry 14 Bombing


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location=Manila Bay, Philippines
target= SuperFerry
date=February 27, 2004
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timezone=UTC+8
type=Bombings
fatalities=116
perps= Abu SayyafThe 2004 SuperFerry 14 bombing on February 27, 2004, resulted in the sinking of the ferry SuperFerry 14 and the deaths of 116 people in the Philippines' deadliest terrorist attack and the world's deadliest terrorist attack at sea. [ [http://www.news.faithfreedom.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1695 "Bombing on Superferry - 14 (27th February, 2004)"] ]

The 10,192-ton ferry sailed out of Manila for Cagayan de Oro City via Bacolod City and Iloilo City with about 900 passengers and crew. A television set containing an 8-pound (4 kilograms) TNT bomb had been placed on board. 90 minutes out of port, the bomb exploded. 63 people were killed immediately and 53 were missing and presumed dead. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,686107,00.html "The Return of Abu Sayyaf"] ]

Despite claims from various terrorist groups, the blast was initially thought to have been an accident, caused by a gas explosion. However, after divers righted the ferry five months after it sank, they found evidence of a bomb blast. A man named Redondo Cain Dellosa also admitted to planting the bomb on board for the Abu Sayyaf guerrilla group.

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo announced on October 11, 2004, that investigators had concluded that the explosion had been caused by a bomb. She said six suspects had been arrested in connection with the bombing and that the masterminds, Khadaffy Janjalani and Abu Sulaiman, were still at large. It was believed that Abu Sayyaf bombed Superferry 14 because the company that owned it, WG&A, did not comply with a letter demanding USD $1million in protection money. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/3732356.stm "Bomb caused Philippine ferry fire"] ]

Arrest and deportation

Ruben Omar Pestano Lavilla, Jr., a listed terrorist of U.S. State Department, and founder of Philippine terror group Rajah Sulaiman Movement, was arrested in Bahrain on July 24, 2008. Anti-Terrorism Council Chairman Eduardo Ermita announced Lavilla, the alleged masterminds of the Superferry 14 bombing, was deported from Bahrain to the Philippine on August 30. Included in the sanctioned list of the United Nations Security Council, [ [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/30/content_9740273.htm xinhuanet.com, Philippine 2004 ferry blast suspect deported from Bahrain] ] [http://www.pr-inside.com/philippines-arrests-suspect-in-ferry-bombing-r780523.htm pr-inside.com, Philippines arrests suspect in ferry bombing] ] the RSM leader is also implicated in the 2005 Valentine's Day bombings at Glorietta, and has pending murder case before the Makati City Regional Trial Court for the bombings. [ [http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=129721 abs-cbnnews.com, Superferry 14 blast 'mastermind' deported from Bahrain] ]

ee also

* SuperFerry
* Rizal Day bombings

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