MANILA, May 8 (Reuters) - At least five people were killed and 13 wounded on Tuesday in a bomb blast near a market in the southern Philippines, police said.

The explosion occurred at a busy street corner in Tacurong City, said Inspector Benjamin de los Santos, the city's deputy police chief.

Tacurong is on Mindanao, about 950 km (600 miles) south of Manila.

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