Militiamen recovered two improvised bombs in an area of Madrid, Surigao del Sur earlier this week, the Armed Forces of the Philippines said Thursday.
According to a press release from the military, members of the Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit under the Army 36th Infantry Battalion brought the unexploded bombs, which they found in a populated area in Barangay Hinapuyan on April 22, to the nearest military detachment.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines said the IEDs were planted by the New People's Army. It added the Eastern Mindanao Command has recovered 54 unexploded IEDs, 12 of which were planted along roads, since the year began.
On April 1, an IED explosion in San Miguel town killed a civilian and left seven injured. Another explosion on April 20 left two wounded along the national highway in Makilala, North Cotabato, the military said.
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