The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has ordered all
its units to be extra vigilant and coordinate closely with their police
counterparts to foil a Erawan Shrine style bombing attack from happening in the
country.
In the above-mentioned attack, 22 people were killed and 120
others wounded when still unknown bombers targeted the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok , Thailand
"I (have) directed our forces to be extra vigilant and
conduct measures to prevent similar incident(s) to occur in our country,"
AFP chief-of-staff Gen. Hernando DCA Iriberri said.
"Our efforts are in coordination with the Philippine
National Police and other organizations engaged in security services," he
added.
Iriberri said this edict is in line with his orders to make
the Philippines
As this develops, AFP public affairs office chief Col. Noel
Detoyato clarified that there are no indications that similar attacks will take
place here.
"There is none as of the moment, but nevertheless, the
Chief-of-Staff has ordered our troops to be extra vigilant, (and) this means we
will just increase our (security) activities and taskings, " he stressed.
Detoyato said this means military units must be on the
lookout "for any indicator, or indications or any relevant information
that must be pursued."
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