Bomb experts defused bomb near police station

From the Philippine News Agency (Feb 11): Bomb experts defused bomb near police station

COTABATO CITY -- Police and Army bomb experts successfully deactivated on Wednesday night an improvised bomb planted beside the Police Station 1 here, police said.

According to Senior Superintendent Raul Supeter, city police director, the improvised explosive device (IED) was discovered by a passersby at a roadside along Don Roman Vilo Street past 8 p.m. Wednesday.

"It has blinkers from a 9-volt battery and was spotted by passersby who quickly alerted the police," Supeter said.

“Experts disrupted the bomb and nobody was hurt,” Supeter said of the explosive.

He said the IED composition include black powder, battery, triggering device with blinker and cut concrete nails serving as shrapnel and placed in a plastic “sando-bag.”

The bombing attempt came a day after joint Army and police arrested Hassan Indal, a ranking official of the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Barangay Kalanganan Mother.

Supeter could not say as of yet if the bombing attempt was related to Indal’s arrest.

Earlier in the day, another improvised bomb was found at a roadside in Datu Saudi Ampatuan leading to Datu Salibo town in Maguindanao where the military has been conducting clearing operations against the BIFF.

The IED, which the Army believed was meant for military hardware frequenting the area, was safely defused by Army bomb experts.

It blamed the BIFF for the attempt.

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