Posted to the Mindanao Daily (Jul 4, 2019): Sulu suicide bomber is Filipino; second bomber a foreign national
INDANAN, SULU (MDN digital, July 4) - One of the two suspects in Sulu's twin bombing was a first Filipino suicide bomber in the history of extremism in the country, while the second suicide bomber, according to the military, was a Caucasian national.
The latest twin bombings in Indanan town, Sulu, killed 8 people including the suicide bombers, and wounded 22 others, the military reported.
The Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom) investigators identified the Filipino bomber as Norman Lasuca, 23, while his companion, allegedly a Caucasian national was still unknown at press time.
Newly installed Wesmincom chief General Cirilito Sobejana told reporters the Filipino suspect was identified by his parents.
Arevalo said "If that’s going to be positive, that’s the only time that we can say conclusively that the person was Filipino and that person was the son of the claimant."
READ: INDANAN SULU TWIN BOMBINGS KILL 8, INJURE 22
He said investigation by the military and other agencies are ongoing whether what happened was really a suicide bombing or somebody from the distance detonated the bomb and then it exploded, killing 8 people and injuring 22 others.
"There is a high possibility that this is a case of suicide bombing but the conclusivity will still come after we have conducted and culminated our thorough investigation," Gen Arevalo explained.
Meanwhile, there were also reports that suicide bombings already happened in the Philippines. One was the Cathedral bombing during a Sunday mass, while the other suicide bombing was a van that also exploded at a military checkpoint in Basilan in July 2018. But the only difference was that the alleged suicide bombers were foreign nationals.
Rita Katz, SITE Intelligence Group director, twitted that it was indeed a suicide bombings considering that the attackers also died, when the bombs they were carrying allegedly exploded in their possessions.
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