7°54′25″N 124°57′11″E / 7.90691°N 124.95300°E / 7.90691; 124.95300The 2014 Bukidnon bus bombing occurred in the Philippines on December 9, 2014, when a bomb hit a bus in front of the main entrance of Central Mindanao University along Sayre Highway in Sitio Musuan, Barangay Dologon, Maramag, Bukidnon.

Most of the victims were university students who were about to go home when the incident occurred.

The bus was en route to Cagayan de Oro from Banisilan, North Cotabato.

[2][1][3] The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters were suspected by Philippine authorities to be behind the bombings.

Extortion is viewed as a motive for the attacks due to claims that the bus company has faced threats for refusing to pay protection money to the militants.