A set of road side bombs obviously intended for the military
were exploded minutes after residents discovered it and reported to nearest
police and Army detachment in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao Tuesday.
Capt. Joan Petinglay, 6th Infantry Division spokesperson,
said the IED fashioned from 60 mm mortars with mobile phone as triggering
device was found by a motorist who noticed a suspicious sack at a road side in
Barangay Timbangan at past 10 a.m.
The road was regularly used by the Army Mechanized Infantry
Brigade station in Shariff Aguak town.
"It was intended for the military and we suspect a hand
of the BIFF," an Army middle level officer told reporters, referring to
the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF).
Quoting a report from police and Army investigators in
Shariff Aguak, the Army officer said a certain Kagilawan noticed the suspicious
sack which he described as "heavy" and could be a bomb. He then
alerted the police and Army personnel nearby.
While elements of Shariff Aguak PNP and Army's 45th Infantry
Battalion was securing the perimeter to prevent civilians from getting closer
to the IEDs, it went off in succession.
Nobody was hurt in the blasts.
Investigation was still on going even as the Army are again
placed on heightened alert for possible atrocities to be carried out by the
BIFF.
BIFF spokesperson, Abu Misry, admitted his group was behind
the bombing. "It was our work, there will be more," he said.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=804232
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