Government and Moro peace panels as well as the Philippine
Campaign to Ban Landmines (PCBL), Fondation Suisse de Déminage (Swiss
Foundation for Mine Action or FSD), International Monitoring Team (IMT) and
elements of Army’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team, have successfully
deactivated a 120 kilogram bomb in Maguindanao Wednesday, officials said
Thursday.
An aircraft bomb, called HPGP MK81, was jointly defused by
members of the GPH and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Coordinating
Committee on the Cessation of Hostilities (CCCH) in Barangay Datalpandan,
Guindulungan, Maguindanao.
Accompanying the bomb experts in deactivating a highly
dangerous bomb were repsentatives from Philippine Campaign to Ban Landmines
(PCBL), Fondation Suisse de Déminage (Swiss Foundation for Mine Action or FSD),
International Monitoring Team (IMT) and elements of 6th Infantry Division
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team.
Villagers discovered the bomb and alerted police and
military authorities in the area.
A bomb expert taking part in the deactivation said the
aircraft bomb could demolish a four-storey building.
“That is how powerful this ordnance is,” he said.
He advised villagers in Maguindanao not to tinker with any
bomb or explosive that they will find in their farming areas to avoid loss of
lives.
The joint government and MILF bomb disarming activities in Mindanao was contained in a normalization annex of the
GPH-MILF peace agreement signed in 2014.
According to Fred Lubang, PCBL national coordinator, said
the activity was contained in the Annex E on Normalization under the
Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro signed on January 25, 2014 in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
He said the activity is saving lives and it must continue as
there could be more similar bombs litter in former battlefields in Maguindanao.
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