A
town mayor in Sultan Kudarat province survived an assassination attempt using
improvised explosive device Monday in Lebak town, officials said.
Supt.
Rex dela Rosa, Sultan Kudarat police provincial director, said Mayor Dionisio
Besana of Lebak had just arrived at the town hall with his police escorts when
an improvised explosive device fashioned from 81 mm mortar attached to a parked
motorcycle went off.
He
identified the wounded escort as a certain PO1 Bansuela.
Dela
Rosa said the mayor is now safe and recuperating at a private hospital in
Poblacion Salaman, Lebak, Sultan Kudarat.
Police
backed by Philippine Marines are now conducting pursuit operations against the
perpetrators.
The
Lebak PNP has been placed on heightened alert following the incident.
Investigation
on the ownership of the motorcycle was on going with the Land Transportation
Office.
No
one has claimed responsibility.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=640648
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