Sunday, January 17, 2016

IEDs discovered, disarmed off Zamboanga City

From the Philippine News Agency (Jan 17): IEDs discovered, disarmed off Zamboanga City

Troopers from the Western Mindanao Command (WMC) recovered and disarmed three improvised explosive devices (IEDs) off Sacol Island in Zamboanga City on Saturday.

Major Filemon Tan, WMC spokesperson, said the troops conducting security patrol recovered the IEDs from a floating and abandoned boat in the area at around 11:30 a.m.

Seized were three one-liter oil cans, of which two were packed with gasoline-soaked ammonium nitrate and assorted nails, three improvised blasting caps and three pieces of 5-inch wires with no batteries.

Tan said the IEDs were disarmed by operatives from the Naval Special Operations Unit 6.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=847513

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