Photo shows the damaged roof of the mess hall of the Quezon municipal police station in Bukidnon due to a blast on Thursday night, October 24, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Quezon, Bukidnon police)
An explosion rocked the Quezon municipal police station in Bukidnon Thursday night, police said on Friday.
Police said a man hurled a still-undetermined explosive at the mess hall at around 7:45 p.m.
A police officer on duty pursued and fired at the man, who sped off aboard a motorcycle.
No casualties were reported, although the blast damaged the roof of the police station and a police officer’s parked vehicle.
Lt. Col. Mardy Hortillosa, spokesperson of the Northern Mindanao police, said the explosion was possibly a retaliatory attack of the New People’s Army (NPA) following successive anti-insurgency operations.
“It’s one of the possible angles but we need to investigate,” he said.
Pursuit operations against the suspect are ongoing.
Police said a man hurled a still-undetermined explosive at the mess hall at around 7:45 p.m.
A police officer on duty pursued and fired at the man, who sped off aboard a motorcycle.
No casualties were reported, although the blast damaged the roof of the police station and a police officer’s parked vehicle.
Lt. Col. Mardy Hortillosa, spokesperson of the Northern Mindanao police, said the explosion was possibly a retaliatory attack of the New People’s Army (NPA) following successive anti-insurgency operations.
“It’s one of the possible angles but we need to investigate,” he said.
Pursuit operations against the suspect are ongoing.
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