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A passenger bus in the southern Philippines was seized by unidentified gunmen on Monday morning and about 40 passengers were taken hostages, according to local reports.
The bus was traveling between Cotabatao city and Davao on the southern island of Mindanao when the unidentified gunmen fired on the vehicle, the report quoted Mayor Farida Malingco of the town of Dalengawen, where the incident happened, as saying.
So far the section of the highway was closed by security forces, and the case is under investigation.
(Xinhua News Agency March 10, 2003)
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