Terrorists slay 19 people in two Philippine attacks

March 10, 1980

Terrorists mounted coordinated grenade attacks in two major southern Philippine cities Sunday, killing at least 19 people and wounding over 200 others in the worst incidents in seven years of Philippine martial law. Authorities said the targets were crowded movie houses in the port city of Ozamiz and a downtown plaza in the industrial town of Iligan, both 500 miles south of Manila.