Davao Airport bombing
# Davao Airport bombing

On 4 March 2003, a bomb exploded at Francisco Bangoy International Airport in Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines, killing 21 people.

At 5:20 pm on 4 March 2003, a bomb in a backpack exploded in the busy waiting area of Francisco Bangoy International Airport in Davao City on the Philippine island Mindanao. It killed 21 people, injured over 100 others and caused substantial damage to the building.

The Islamic secessionist militant group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are suspected of this bombing as well as other attacks. The MILF, who were one of the belligerents in the Moro conflict, demanding autonomy for the Moro people, said they were not the perpetrators.

