Fruit vendor's alertness prevent bombing attempt in Tacurong City

From the Philippine News Agency (Jan 11): Fruit vendor's alertness prevent bombing attempt in Tacurong City

Alert fruit vendor prevented what could have been another bloody Monday morning here, police said.

Senior Supt. Junny Buenacosa, Tacurong City police director, said the improvised bomb was made of one kilo cut nails as shrapnel, blasting caps and explosive powder placed in a cartoon and left near the city’s welcome rotunda and in front of a department store.

Buenacosa said a fruit vendor near the site where the IED was found alerted the police about a suspicious box left unattended at about 8 a.m.

The unidentified vendor, at first, tried to personally check on the box but he found electrical wirings. He then called on the police.

Responding Tacurong City PNP bomb disposal team with canine dogs checked on the box where the K-9 dogs sat on it, an indication it contained bomb materials.

Police then cordoned off the area, rerouted the traffic and detonated the IED.

Buenacosa told reporters investigating was still going on.

No one has claimed responsibility but the city had been subjected to previous bombing attacks by suspected Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and extortion groups preying on bus companies and business establishments.

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