Various locations in the Greater Manila Area, Philippines
Date
March 15, 1972 to September 11, 1972 (UTC +8)
Attack type
Bombings
Deaths
1
Injured
40
The 1972 Manila bombings were a series of "about twenty explosions which took place in various locations in Metro Manila in the months after the Plaza Miranda bombing and immediately preceding Ferdinand Marcos' proclamation of Martial Law".[1] The first of these bombings took place on March 15, 1972, and the last took place on September 11, 1972 - twelve days before martial law was announced on September 23 of that year.
The Marcos administration officially attributed the explosions communist "urban guerillas",[1] and Marcos included them in the list of "inciting events" which served as rationalizations for his declaration of Martial Law.[2] Marcos' political opposition at the time questioned the attribution of the explosions to the communists, noting that the only suspects caught in connection to the explosions were linked to the Philippine Constabulary.[2]
^ abGeneralao, Kate Pedroso, Minerva. September 1972: Recalling the last days and hours of democracy.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ abBrillantes, Alex B. Jr. (1987). Dictatorship & martial law: Philippine authoritarianism in 1972. Quezon City, Philippines: University of the Philippines Diliman School of Public Administration. ISBN 9718567011.
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