‘There will be another explosion, believe me’ - Duterte

From InterAksyon (Sep 20): ‘There will be another explosion, believe me’ - Duterte

President Rodrigo Duterte said another terrorist attack is likely in Mindanao or other parts of the country.

“There will be another explosion, believe me,” Duterte said before a meeting Monday with the victims of the September 2 bombing of the Roxas night market that killed 15 persons and injured 69 others.

The President met with the survivors and victims of the Davao blast to extend assistance to them.

Duterte gave over P10 million from the President’s social fund -- P250,000 each to the families of the fatalities and P250,000 to each of the 18 victims still recuperating in the hospital, and P100,000 to wounded victim already discharged from hospital.

Duterte said young terrorists who identify themselves with the Islamic State still remember the atrocities of the past such as the 1906 Bud Dajo massacre carried out by American soldiers, a recurring theme recently in his tirades against US criticism of his human rights record.

“The young don’t belong to any organization, they are identified with the ISIS. They have sworn allegiance already to the ISIS,” he said.

He pointed out that, while atrocities like Bud Dajo may have happened decades ago, "to the Moro, it just happened yesterday. So puputok ito ng puputok (this will blow up and blow up).”

He said he expected the Davao explosion because of the all-out offensive he ordered against the Abu Sayyaf.

"I knew na puputok dito. Nu’ng bakbakan na sa Sulu, alam ko (I knew there would be an explosion here. When fighting broke out in Sulu, I knew). No need to be Maute (group member), an Abu Sayyaf,” he said.

The Maute group is based in Lanao del Sur, the Abu Sayyaf in Basilan and Sulu.
Talking to the victims of the bombing and their families, Duterte said they could seek assistance from his daughter, Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, for their medical needs in what “would be a never-ending cycle of expense.”

The city government has given the victims a total of P4.5 million in cash assistance.

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