Police, army secure city after bombing incidents in other areas
AUTHORITIES raised to red the alert status of the city following the series of blasts and the recovery of improvised explosive devices in neighboring areas last week.
In an interview yesterday, Chief Insp. Milgrace C. Driz, spokesperson of Davao City Police Office, said all their units, along with other security forces, were already instructed to be extra vigilant in their respective areas of responsibility.
“We are conducting checkpoints, and they were told to intensify the monitoring especially on the IEDs as well as their components,” she said.
The police also encouraged the public to be on the lookout for suspicious belongings or persons, and immediately contact the authorities.
“For now, we haven’t monitored any terrorist group that already entered the city,” she said. “But our monitoring on the boundaries is still being intensified following the bombing incidents in nearby areas.
Driz said the red alert status will remain until they receive another assessment of the threat.
In a separate interview, Col. Cristobal Zaragosa, commander of Task Force Davao, also said that they already intensified the conduct of checkpoints on the exit and entry points of the city.
The report was based on the explosion along Jose Abad Santos St. in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat at 2 p.m. last Feb. 2.
Meanwhile, unexploded explosives were also recovered at vicinity of Park Yellow Bell just few meters away from the public terminal.
On Feb. 10, an explosion also happened at Police Station 1 of Cotabato City Police Office along Don Roman Street in Barangay Poblacion 6 at 8:30 p.m.
There was also one unexploded improvised explosive device recovered at the same area.
Authorities also discovered an improvised bomb in front of PDRRMC Office at Barangay Poblacion, Buluan in Maguindanao.
The Intelligence Division of the Eastern Mindanao Command also monitored an alleged bomb test mission from the terror group under Salahuddin Hassan, a member of Al Khobar, in the area of Bukidnon, Cagayan de Oro City, Cotabato and Davao City.
The Al Khobar group is responsible for multiple bombing and extortion incidents involving buses.
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