From Malaya Business Insight (Feb 6, 2019): Maguindanao bomb blast misses candidate’s convoy
AN improvised bomb exploded in Talayan town in Maguindanao yesterday, barely missing the convoy of former town mayor Datu Ali Midtimbang Sr. who is running for mayor in the May elections.
PNP spokesman Senior Supt. Bernard Banac said one person sustained minor injuries.
Banac said the bomb, placed in a motorcycle, exploded at around 11:45 a.m. The motorcycle was parked on the side of the national highway in Sitio Nes in Barangay Tambunan.
He said initial investigation showed two unidentified men on board two motorcycles “stopped, parked one motorcycle on the side of the road, and pretended to buy fruits from a nearby makeshift store.”
They left aboard one motorcycle.
The motorcycle that was left behind exploded moments later, Banac said, when the convoy of Midtimbang “was passing by, and barely a few meters away.” No one was reported hurt from Midtimbang’s convoy.
The injured person was fruit vendor Sera Mangelen, 25, a resident of the town.
Responding bomb experts from the Army and the Talayan town police recovered bomb components from the blast site.
Asked if the attack was politically motivated, Banac said, “It’s hard to speculate. We’re still determining (the motive). But based on the initial investigation, we are now in the election period so it could be a reason to harm anyone.”
Maj. Arvin Encinas, spokesman of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, said the blast site was about 100 meters from a checkpoint manned by soldiers.
https://malaya.com.ph/business-news/news/maguindanao-bomb-blast-misses-candidate%E2%80%99s-convoy
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