Roadside bomb goes off as Maguindanao pol’s convoy passes

From the Philippine News Agency (Feb 23, 2022): Roadside bomb goes off as Maguindanao pol’s convoy passes by (By Edwin Fernandez)

BLAST SITE. Police and soldiers respond to a roadside explosion in Maguindanao while the convoy of local political candidates was passing by on Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 22, 2022). Nobody was hurt in the incident. (Photo courtesy of Maguindanao PNP)

DATU ODIN SINSUAT, Maguindanao – Police are still trying to determine the people behind a roadside bomb that exploded along the national highway here while a convoy of local candidates was passing by on Tuesday afternoon.

Talking to reporters here Wednesday, Capt. Fayeed Cana, Maguindanao provincial police office spokesperson, said nobody was injured in the explosion.

Initial investigation showed that the convoy of reelectionist Vice Governor Lester Sinsuat and his party was headed for Barangay Dalican and passing by Sitio Baka, Barangay Makir, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao at 4 p.m. when the blast occurred.

“The explosion happened about 100 meters from the last vehicle in the convoy,” Cana said.

“We can’t say as of now if it was for the convoy or somebody else,” he said, adding that investigation is still ongoing.

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