Friday, August 28, 2015

Farmers unearth abandoned IED in North Cotabato

From the Philippine News Agency (Aug 28): Farmers unearth abandoned IED in North Cotabato

MATALAM, North Cotabato -- Alert villagers and palm oil plantation workers prevented what could be a bloody Friday when they discovered live improvised bombs under palm oil trees, police said on Friday.

Supt. Bernard Tayong, North Cotabato police spokesperson, told the Philippine News Agency (PNA), the plantation workers putting fertilizers on palm oil trees found the explosives at about 3 p.m.

To avoid premature explosion, the workers reported their discovery to the plantation owner, who in turn alerted the Matalam police.

Tayong said the IED was composed of a 40 mm projectile and live fragmentation grenade left unattended in the vast Zerudo palm oil plantation in Barangay Upper Valdevieso, Matalam, North Cotabato.

Police immediately cordoned off the area and directed plantation workers to stay away because of the danger of premature explosion if the ground moves.

Army bomb experts from the 57th Infantry Battalion safely defused the IEDs.

Tayong said the explosives could have been left unconsciously by armed men or Moro rebels operating in the hinterlands of Matalam.

No one claims ownership of the explosive which are now under the custody of 57th IB for safekeeping and proper disposal.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=798204

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