From Malaya Business Insight (Feb 21): 2 arrested for blast in Maguindanao
TWO suspects in last Sunday’s roadside bombing in Datu Unsay town in Maguindanao were arrested later that day, the military said yesterday.
Omisalam Andakay and Kapadlong Mamalak were arrested at around 10:30 a.m. last Sunday in Barangay Meta, near the area where the explosion occurred, by forces of the 57th Infantry Battalion, 21st Mechanized Company, and 63rd Division Reconnaissance Company at around 10:30 a.m. last Sunday, said Capt. Jo-ann Petinglay, spokesman of the military’s Western Mindanao Command.
The two yielded a rifle, a shotgun, and ammunition.
The explosion resulted in the wounding of an Army lieutenant and four enlisted personnel.
Petinglay said the bomb was made from a 105-mm high explosive projectile, based on the post blast investigation conducted by the 32nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team and 3rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company.
Petinglay said the military is still determining if the two suspects are members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters which the military earlier tagged as primary suspect in the attack.
“As of now, we consider them as lawless elements,” she said,
The BIFF has 200 to 300 members, mostly former members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. The BIFF is among the several groups in Mindanao that pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria a few years ago.
http://www.malaya.com.ph/business-news/news/2-arrested-blast-maguindanao
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