Friday, May 3, 2013

Only one explosion in southern Palawan, WESCOM clarifies

From the Philippine News Agency (May 3): Only one explosion in southern Palawan, WESCOM clarifies

Contrary to earlier reports, the Western Command (WESCOM) clarified Friday that only one explosion was recorded to have transpired in the northern Palawan mining town of Bataraza early this week.

Lt. Cheryl Tindog, spokesperson of the WESCOM, said the information they received from Lt. Col. Efren Rellores, commanding officer of the Marine Battalion Landing Team 12 (MBLT 12), disclosed that only one home-made bomb exploded according to the joint investigation by intelligence operatives of the military and police.

She said two explosions were initially reported to authorities following the incident. Upon verification by the joint investigation team, only one explosion happened near the Rio Tuba Nickel (RTN) Ice Plant at Bongkol-bongkol Junction, Sitio Tagpisa in Barangay Ocayan, Bataraza.

No evidence of blast, she clarified, was found at the Intake Dam of the RTN mine site. Tindog said what was heard was probably just the echo of the explosion in Sitio Tagpisa.

A home-made improvised explosive device made of ammonium nitrate submerged in gas and placed in a canister was used by unknown suspects in the blast.

Tindog said the identities and motives of the perpetrators have not yet been established.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=522277

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