By Xinhua,
Manila : At least one was hurt in an explosion that shook the fishpond owned by a city mayor in southern Philippines Wednesday afternoon.
According to local radio reports, the blast was caused by a 40-millimeter mortar shell placed near the fishpond of Mayor MusliminSema in Cotabato City.
Sema is also the chairman of the Moro National Liberation Front, a former anti-government rebel group that signed a peace agreement with the authority in 1996.
The injured, identified as a fishpond worker, has been sent to hospital. The police probe was under way.
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