From the Philippine News Agency (Dec 30): More cops deployed in Sultan Kudarat
following bus bombing
More police checkpoints were put up in Sultan Kudarat province as police and
Army authorities here blamed the extortion gangs preying on bus firms in the
bomb attack on Husky bus Saturday night in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat province.
Six persons were hurt when an improvised bomb planted at the baggge
compartment of the Husky Bus unit went off at 6 p.m. near the town welcome
rotunda. Another bus tailing the Husky unit was also damaged by the explosion.
Colonel Prudencio Asto, regional Army spokesperson, said the IED was
fashioned from ammonium nitrate with cut nails as its shrapnels.
Asto said the bus firm had been receiving extortion demand from armed groups.
Senior Supt. Rolen Balquin, Sultan Kudarat police chief, said the bus firm
had been warned by extortion groups that bombing will take place if their demand
is ignored.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Wounded and treated at Sultan Kudarat provincial hospital were Hapinat Hilmor
Bornales, 36, Delfin Jonathan Salmoren, 23, Dolfo Kevin Venus, 19, Catequista
Rachel Mayornejo, 27, Yellow bus driver Salutan Robenson Matias and his
conductor Sangki Emil Fantilaga.
More police checkpoints have been established in pubic terminals in Sultan
Kudarat province as commuters rush home for the New Year celebration.
Army armored personnel carrier were deployed near bus and jeepney terminals
in Isulan and Tacurong City, all in Sultan Kudarat to thwart any bombing
attempt.
Balquin also advised bus firms to pick up passengers ony on bus terminals
where soldiers and policemen are strictly checking passengers’ baggage.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=483402
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