UPDATE: 17 wounded in Cotabato explosions

SEVENTEEN persons, including soldiers, were wounded in separate explosions in Mindanao on Sunday, the military said.

Twelve persons were injured in the blast along Sinsuat Avenue in Cotabato City, 50 meters away from the Notre Dame Cathedral, at about 6 p.m., said Maj. Arvin Encinas, spokesman for the military’s Western Mindanao Command (WestMinCom).