Police authorities in President Quirino, Sultan Kudarat,
have heightened alert by establishing more roadblocks following Monday’s twin
grenade blasts in Barangay Katico of the municipality.
Philippine Army soldiers were also deployed to augment local
police by establishing separate checkpoints in entry and exit points in the
peripheries of the municipality.
Sr. Insp. Badrudin Esmael, municipal police chief, said
unidentified men on board separate motorbikes sneaked into Katico village
around 9 p.m. and for still unknown reasons hurled the grenades at a vacant lot
in the area.
Nobody was hurt in the incident but shrapnel hit the house
of one Juanita Villeno in the village.
Responding police and military bomb experts recovered at the
blast site two safety levers and metal shards from MK-72 hand grenades.
”The grenades could be intended for anyone in Katico,”
Esmael said, adding that the suspects tossed the grenades after residents
questioned their presence in the village.
Esmael added that a family feud involving Muslim clans
exists in the village
of Katico
Esmael appealed to local villagers to notify a police
outpost set up nearby whenever they notice suspicious-looking persons roaming
their community especially at night.
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