Police say four people, including a six-year-old girl, have been killed in a roadside bombing by Muslim insurgents in the southern Philippines.
The victims were travelling in a van in Datu Saudi Ampatuan town in Maguindanao province on Tuesday night when the improvised bomb went off.
Norodin Macabangen, a municipal treasurer of a nearby town, died in hospital.
His six-year-old daughter, a brother and another man died instantly, while his wife and nine-year-old son were injured.
A police report said on Wednesday there was a firefight between soldiers and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters in the area, and it is believed the explosive was intended for reinforcement troops.
The hardline rebels broke off several years ago from the larger Moro Islamic Liberation Front when the latter pursued peace talks with the government.
The attack comes as suspected communist guerillas killed six policemen and wounded eight others in an ambush in the northern Philippines.
Authorities say about 40 New People's Army rebels detonated a bomb then opened fire on a truckload of policemen in the coastal town of Baggao on Tuesday.
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