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Saturday, 30 December, 2000, 15:25 GMT
Picture gallery: Manila blasts
The blasts in Manila caused havoc, as five bombs went off almost simultaneously.
![]() The most devastating explosion was in the front coach of a crowded elevated train as it was pulling into a station.
![]() Among the wreckage in the coach, emergency workers rushed to reach the injured.
![]() More than 90 people were injured by the series of bombs which all went off around noon local time.
![]() One of the bombs went off on a passenger bus in the main terminal in the northern suburb of Quezon City.
![]() One of the bombs went off on a park bench near the US Embassy, injuring nine people and damaging nearby buildings.
![]() A fifth bomb was found in a Manila commercial district and exploded as bomb experts tried to defuse it.
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