SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao -- A police officer was killed while five others were injured when a bomb exploded as the police patrol’s vehicle passed some 400 meters away from the headquarters of the Philippine National Police’s Provincial Police Office in the poblacion at around 8:10 p.m. Sunday, New Year’s eve.
Two soldiers from the 57th IB were injured when another improvised explosive device (IED) went off some 50 meters from the provincial hospital Monday morning, less than a kilometer away from Sunday night’s blast.
Sr. Supt. Agustin Tello, chief of the Provincial Police Office (PPO) of Maguindanao, said the driver of the police vehicle lost control, swerving towards the cornfield on the right side of the road.
SPO4 Max Kaibat of the Police Provincial Office in Maguindanao did not make it to New Year 2018. He was killed when an improvised explosive went off as their vehicle passed the road near their headquarters in Shariff Aguak town at 8:10 p.m. on December 31. Five others were injured. Less than 12 hours later, another roadside blast was reported less than a kilometer away, injuring two soldiers. MindaNews photo by FERDINANDH B. CABRERA
Tello said the police has been patrolling the area following security threats from the Bangsamoro Islamic Liberation Front (BIFF) since Christmas and immediately after a brownout struck the town Sunday night.
Police blamed the blast on an improvised explosive device (IED) allegedly planted by the BIFF.
Killed was SPO4 Max Kaibat, leader of the patrol team.
On New Year’s day, another IED went off along the highway, less than a kilometer away in Barangay Limongo in neighboring Datu Hoffer town at 7:34 a.m. injuring two soldiers from the 57th IB who were then conducting road security for those delivering humanitarian assistance for Indigenous Peoples (IPs) who fled their villages following a series of attacks by the BIFF.
Two soldiers were injured in a roadside blast at 7:34 a.m. in Shariff Aguak town, Maguindanao, less than a kilometer from the site of the roadside blast at 8:10 p.m. on December 31, 2017, which killed a police officer and injured five others. The soldiers were providing road security for humanitarian assistance to reach Indigenous Peoples who fled their villages when the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) attacked their villages. The improvised bombs were allegedly planted by the BIFF. MindaNews photo by FERDINANDH B. CABRERA
BIFF elements were reported to have set on fire at least 16 houses of the Tedurays, Lambiangans and Dulangan Manobos on Sunday.
http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2018/01/cop-killed-7-others-injured-in-roadside-blast-in-maguindanao/
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.