An improvised bomb exploded inside a passenger bus in Sto.
Nino town in South Cotabato Saturday morning
but no casualties were reported.
Chief Insp. Joel Fuerte, Sto. Nino police chief, said the
bomb went off at around 10 a.m. inside a deluxe unit of Yellow Bus Line Inc.
(YBL) that was parked inside the town’s public terminal.
He said a passenger initially noticed a device with an
attached cellphone dropping from the seat when the bus unit made a stop at the
terminal.
Fuerte said the concerned passenger immediately alerted the
bus driver, conductor and other passengers regarding the suspicious device,
which was planted at the fourth seat from the driver’s seat.
“The passengers and crew were able to disembark from the bus
before it exploded,” he told reporters.
The police official said they were still identifying the
components of the explosive but initially noted that it was crudely-made.
He said the YBL bus unit only sustained minimal damages as a
result of the explosion.
Fuerte said their operatives were currently tracking down
three men who were believed to have planted the explosive.
He said the suspects boarded the bus in Isulan town in Sultan
Kudarat and disembarked before it reached the Sto. Nino town proper.
“The three suspects were identified by the conductor and
some passengers as the ones who were seated at the spot where the explosive was
planted,” he said.
YBL had been the subject of bomb attacks these past months
that were believed perpetrated by an extortion group operating in the area.
The YBL bus unit was en route to Koronadal City
The city is currently hosting the culmination of South Cotabato province’s 49th foundation anniversary
celebration and 16th T’nalak Festival.
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