SEALED OFF. Policemen cordon the dumpsite area in Barangay Poblacion 9, Cotabato City on Monday evening (Aug. 10, 2020) following the discovery of an improvised explosive device by scavengers in one of the mounds of garbage. Members of the police’s explosive ordnance disposal unit used a “blast on-site” course of action to rid of the bomb rigged from C4 components. (Photo courtesy of DXMY Cotabato)
COTABATO CITY – Police bomb disposal experts disposed on Monday evening an improvised explosive device (IED) found by scavengers at the city dumpsite in Barangay Poblacion 9.
Col. Richard Fiesta, city police director, said the IED that was found inside a bag and wrapped with a shirt had C-4 explosive components sans a battery power source and initiator.
“The bomb’s C-4 component has wires attached to it and that is what made it unstable,” he told reporters here in an interview on Tuesday.
He said the police’s explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team had to use a “blast on-site” procedure to dispose of the bomb.
Barangay Poblacion 9 chairman Jonas Mohammad said scavengers were rummaging for plastic, tin, and metal stuff at the dump when they stumbled upon the bag with the IED inside.
He said the police immediately sealed off the area as garbage-carrying trucks were also temporarily halted from proceeding to the area.
“It was just fortunate that no one was injured due to the vigilance of the scavengers,” Mohammad said.
Fiesta said that despite the incident, they have monitored no immediate threats to the city from lawless groups.
He said they are reviewing closed-circuit television cameras installed near the dumpsite to determine as to what garbage trucks or private vehicles entered the area that day.
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