Militiamen, attached to the Davao City-based Eastern
Mindanao Command, recovered on Monday morning a New People's Army (NPA)
improvised explosive device (IED) and associated equipment at Barangay
Magsaysay, Prosperidad town, Agusan
Del Sur.
Lt. Col. Eduardo Gubat, Eastern Mindanao Command
spokesperson, in a statement released Wednesday, said that the militiamen were
from the Los Arcos Patrol Base, Barangay Los Arcos, Sibagat town.
Gubat said that the militiamen became aware of the IED's
location after being tipped of by friendly civilians.
He said the recovered IED weighs 5.2 kilograms and has two
meters of electrical wires and a blasting cap.
As of May 4, there are already 20 unexploded IEDs recovered
by the troops on security patrol in the Eastern Mindanao
area, 10 of which were planted by the NPA bandit group along roads in populated
areas since April 1.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=759320
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