From GMA News (Apr 18): Grenade attacks reported in Maguindanao Saturday night
Grenade attacks were reported in Cotabato City and in neighboring Datu Odin Sinsuat town, both in Maguindanao, Saturday night. There was also an improvised explosive device attack on a military unit's headquarters but the IED failed to explode.
The first attack was at 7:05 p.m., when a grenade was thrown at a police outpost along the national highway in Barangay Tamontaka 2 in Datu Odin Sinsuat.
Police investigators said the suspects were on a motorcycle, and that they lobbed the grenade as they approached the police outpost.
There were no casualties in this attack.
Meanwhile, a dozen kilometers away and few minutes after the first attack, two suspects on a motorcycle threw a grenade at a Special Forces truck that was on security patrol along Sinsuat Avenue in Cotabato Ciy.
According to the truck driver from 5th Special Forces, the grenade bounced off his truck's windshield and detonated near a restaurant. A restaurant patron was injured and rushed to hospital.
The soldiers gave chase, but the suspects were able to get away by weaving through traffic.
Almost at the same time as the second attack, an improvised explosive device was thrown at the 5th Special Forces Battalion's main headquarters, but the IED did not explode.
The suspects in the third attack were also two men on a motorcycle.
Police and Army units were still in “hot pursuit” as off posting time, while security was tightened at checkpoints in case there were more attacks.
No group has, so far, claimed responsibility for the attacks.
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/472386/news/regions/grenade-attacks-reported-in-maguindanao-saturday-night
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