Tight security in Koronadal after bus bombing

From the Mindanao Examiner (May 27, 2022): Tight security in Koronadal after bus bombing

Police tightened security in Koronadal City in South Cotabato province following Thursday bombing of a passenger bus that injured two civilians.

The improvised explosive went off at the engine bay of the Yellow Bus Line while travelling in downtown Koronadal.

Two drivers of motorcycle taxis tailing the bus were injured in the explosion, but it was not immediately known whether any of the passengers onboard the Yellow Bus Line were wounded.

The explosion occurred at the engine bay of the bus in downtown Koronadal. The bus originated from Tacurong City in Sultan Kudarat province.

No individual or group claimed responsibility for the attack, the second since last month after a bomb explosion also ripped through another provincial bus in Maguindanao’s Parang town and wounded several passengers.

The attack occurred in the village of Making where the bus, operated by Rural Transit Mindanao, made a stop at a roadside eatery. The bus was on its way to Dipolog City in Zamboanga del Norte from Cotabato City in Maguindanao when the powerful explosion occurred at the rear.

In January, a bomb explosion also went off near a fruit stand and a ticket booth where a Yellow Bus Line was picking up passengers. The powerful blast killed a civilian and wounded 7 others.

The blast came a day after pro-ISIS militants detonated a roadside bomb in the town of South Upi in neighboring Maguindanao and killed one civilian. The military blamed the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters for the bombing.

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