2004 SuperFerry 14 bombing

2004 CE.

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MV SuperFerry 14 was a Philippine registered roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) ferry that was attacked on February 26, 2004 by terrorist group Abu Sayyaf that resulted in the destruction and sinking of the ferry and the deaths of 116 people in the Philippines' deadliest terrorist attack. Six children less than five years old, and nine children between six and 16 years of age were among the dead or missing, including six students on a championship team sent by schools in northern Mindanao to compete in a journalism contest.

Text from the Wikipedia article MV SuperFerry 14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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