The local government is offering PHP200,000 cash reward for
the swift arrest suspects behind Friday’s bombing of a passenger bus in this
city.
Mayor Ma. Isabelle Climaco-Salazar made the offer through
her social media page after she was informed that a bomb exploded aboard a
passenger bus around 2:15 p.m. Friday at a terminal on Tomas Claudio Street
Salazar is currently out of the country as she is leading an
82-man trade mission delegation to the 12th China-ASEAN Exposition in the
northern city of Nanning , China
The bomb explosion resulted to the death of Fatima Imbraida,
14, of Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte> Thirty-three others were injured.
Salazar said the bombing “is an act of injustice to innocent
civilians.”
She said the police and Task Force Zamboanga are taking the
lead in investigating “this act of extortion in order to bring justice to the
victims of the blast.”
“We call on all bus companies and all other public
conveyance to strictly enforce inspection and other security measures,” she
said.
The ill-fated bus belongs to D’ Biel
Transit Company owned by the family of Councilor Luis Biel III, who is with
Salazar and other city government officials in China
The bus had just arrived and unloaded passengers at the
terminal coming from Barangay Labuan, 36 kilometers west of this city.
Meanwhile, acting city Mayor Cesar Iturralde said the local
government has mobilized its personnel and resources to assist the victims,
especially in their medical needs.
Of the 33 injured, 21 were slightly injured, nine were less
serious and three were seriously injured.
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