2005 Valentine's Day bombings

Building bombing in the Philippines Valentine's Day bombings the bombing in Lebanon on the same day assassination of Rafic Hariri Valentine's Day attacks the Valentine's Day attacks in Chicago and Florida in 1929 and 2018 Saint Valentine's Day Massacre and Parkland high school shooting The Valentine's Day bombings happened on 14 February 2005 in different cities in the Philippines. Three bombs exploded on that day killing at least nine people and injuring more than a hundred. Abu Sayyaf claimed responsibility and three members of the group were convicted of murder in one bombing. Bombings On 14 February 2005, bombs exploded almost simultaneously at a bus terminal in Davao and outside the Gaisano Mall in General Santos.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4264227.stm Philippines hit by three blasts BBC News 14 February 2005Associated Press Terror group claims 3 blasts in Philippines https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna6967810 NBC news 14 February 2005 Half an hour later, at about 7:30 p.m., a third bomb exploded on a bus in Makati, under the Ayala station of the elevated Manila Metro Rail Transit System and near Glorietta and the InterContinental Hotel, where President Arroyo and her family were to have been dining to celebrate Valentine's Day.Jose Rodel Clapano http://www.philstar.com/headlines/269691/survivors-victims%C2%92-kin-file-raps-vs-v-day-bombers Survivors, victims' kin file raps vs V-Day bombers The Philippine Star 9 March 2005 At least nine people were killed and more than 100 injured (some sources say 11 deaths and at least 85 injuries,Rommel C. Banlaoi https://www.rappler.com/voices/thought-leaders/132875-duterte-challenges-terror-crime-abu-sayyaf/ Duterte’s challenges: Terror, crime and the Abu Sayyaf Rappler 13 May 2016 or twelve deaths and at least 144 injurieshttp://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA476625 https://web.archive.org/web/20170214181836/http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA476625 dead February 14, 2017 Max L. Gross A Muslim Archipelago: Islam and Politics in Southeast Asia U.S. Department of Defense, Center for Strategic Intelligence Research, National Defense Intelligence College 2014 9781932946192 March 2007 244). Abu Sayyaf claimed responsibility, as it had for bombings the previous year including the SuperFerry 14 bombing in February 2004; a spokesman called the three explosions a "Valentine's Day gift to Mrs. Arroyo". Investigation and trials The following month, seven men were charged in the bombings, including the head of Abu Sayyaf, Khadaffy Janjalani, charged with others in absentia.Barbara Mae Dacanay http://gulfnews.com/news/asia/philippines/janjalani-and-six-others-charged-for-february-14-bombings-1.280187 Janjalani and six others charged for February 14 bombings Gulf News 10 March 2005 Gappal Bannah y Asali, known as "Maidan" or "Boy Negro", became a witness for the prosecution after surrendering to the police on 3 March.Ina Reformina https://www.abs-cbn.com/nation/01/26/11/sc-affirms-conviction-asg-members-valentines-day-bombing SC affirms conviction of Abus for Valentine's Day bombing ABS-CBN news January 26, 2011 February 12, 2017 On his testimony, three Abu Sayyaf members, Gamal Baharan ("Tapay"), Angelo Trinidad ("Abu Khalil"), and Rohmat Abdurrohim ("Abu Jackie" or "Abu Zaky") were convicted by the Makati Regional Trial Court of responsibility for planting the Manila bomb and sentenced to death.http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/106066/news/nation/3-people-in-valentine-s-day-bombing-case-get-life 3 people in Valentine's Day bombing case get life 10 July 2008 GMA news BusinessWorld Baharan and Trinidad had confessed to planting the bomb on the bus. In 2008 the Court of Appeals affirmed the verdict but commuted the sentences to life imprisonment without parole. In 2011 the Supreme Court of the Philippines confirmed their convictions. The Valentine's Day bombings are considered part of a campaign of terrorist attacks carried out by Abu Sayyaf with the assistance of Jemaah Islamiyah to disrupt government negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front; a third such major attack was the bombing of the ferry Doña Ramoña on 28 August 2005. 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