Military and police authorities are hunting down gunmen who
set off an improvised explosive device in North Cotabato that sent total
blackout in Cotabato City and parts of North Cotabato
and Maguindanao, officials said.
Improvised explosive devices were set off at the foot of
Steel Tower No. 68 of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP)
in Barangay Pagangan, Aleosan, North Cotabato
at about 9:28 p.m. Thursday, according to Inspector Jun Napat, Aleosan town
police chief.
As a result, total blackout, which started at 9:28 p.m.
Thursday until 10:30 a.m. Friday, hit North Cotabato 's
first district and the whole of Maguindanao.
Melfrance Bambi Capulong, NGCP spokesperson for southern Mindanao , confirmed the bombing and said NGCP field
personnel are now in the area to check on the status of the toppled steel
tower.
Elements of the 40th Infantry Battalion and Aleosan PNP are
following up a lead about the where about of the suspects.
Quoting a report from NGCP, Arlene Hepiga of Cotabato Light
said the Kibawe-Simuay 138 KV line was still out as of 10:30 a.m. Friday.
She said NGCP tried shifting of loads for Cotabato Light via
Tacurong Sub-Station since 10 p.m. but all three attempts failed overnight.
She said per NGCP notice, linemen were checking on the
Salvo-Datu Piang station to Barangay Capiton in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao
which tripped during the shifting of power loads.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks but
previous bombings of NGCP towers were blamed on outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic
Freedom Fighters (BIFF).
Police in North Cotabato are also looking at a crime
syndicate whose leaders were arrested last week as possible suspects in
Thursday night's bombing of NGCP tower No. 68 as a form of retaliatory attacks
against government forces and installations.
The more than 13-hour power outage in Cotabato City
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