An improvised explosive went off at a port area in the
troubled province of Basilan in the Muslim autonomous region in southern Philippines
The bombing late Monday damaged a water tank and windows of
the terminal building in Lamitan
City
No individual or group claimed responsibility for the
bombing, but previous attacks in Lamitan had been largely blamed by authorities
to the Abu Sayyaf group which is fighting for a separate Islamic state in the
South.
Police collected debris at the terminal to determine what
type of explosive was used in the attack. It said an investigation is also
going on.
In October last year, a powerful Abu Sayyaf bomb – made from
ammonium nitrate and fuel oil and packed with iron nails, and rigged to a
blasting cap and cell phone – was also discovered along Rizal Avenue in
downtown Lamitan.
Prior to that, an improvised bomb planted outside the police
headquarters in Lamitan City also exploded, although no was injured or killed
in the attack blamed to the Abu Sayyaf which pledged allegiance to the Islamic
State of Iraq of Iraq and Syria
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