The first of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Mindanao_bombings" id="mwAhM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2009 Mindanao bombings">four days of bombings</a> begins on the southern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines" id="mwAhQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Philippines">Philippine</a> island group of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindanao" id="mwAhU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mindanao">Mindanao</a>.