Military forces in Maguindanao have been placed on
heightened alert as soldiers put up more checkpoints following President
Duterte's declaration of state of lawlessness.
Colonel Earl Baliao, commander of 601st Infantry Brigade,
also urged the public to be vigilant and quickly alert authorities about
suspicious luggage, bags and plastic shopping bags left unattended in public
places.
Baliao said a concerned citizen named Norodin alerted
elements of the 37th Infantry Battalion about what he found at a roadside in
Barangay Rebuken, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
"We need people like him, cooperate with our forces to
prevent injuries and death in this situation," Baliao said.
When bomb experts checked on the unattended plastic bag, it
turned to be composed of three improvised bombs fashioned from 60 mm mortar
with two-way radio as triggering mechanism.
To ensure public safety while the deactivation process was
on going, soldiers shut down portions of the Cotabato-Davao highway for two
hours.
Baliao said the explosives have the "signatures"
of outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), saying the same
explosives were used by the lawless group in the past.
The discovery of three power IEDs in Sultan Kudarat town in
Maguindanao came about eight hours after another IED was set off by suspected
BIFF in Barangay Lower Salbu, Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao.
The IED went off at 9:30 a.m. while soldiers of the 1st
Mechanized Infantry Battalion were conducting foot patrol following the
implementation of declaration of state of lawless by President Duterte in the
aftermath of Friday's Davao
Colonel Warlito Limet, commander of 2nd Mechanized Infantry
Battalion, blamed the BIFF for the roadside bombing and called on the public to
report suspicious items in populated areas or roads frequented by civilians.
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