Abu Sayyaf tagged in Basilan bomb blast

From the Philippine News Agency (Nov 11): Abu Sayyaf tagged in Basilan bomb blast

Authorities have tagged the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) brigands as the ones behind the bomb explosion Thursday night in Isabela City, Basilan province.

Supt. Jerome Afuyog, Isabela City police chief, on Friday said the incident occurred around 10:15 p.m. Thursday in front of the warehouse of Engr. Soler Undug in Calle Bisaya, Barangay Aguada, Isabela City.

Undug is the head of the Department of Public Works and Highways’ (DPWH) Basilan district engineers’ office.

Afuyog said no one was hurt in the incident although the cellular phone-triggered bomb that exploded was a powerful type of explosive.

Afuyog said a store nearby has incurred minor damage.

He said they were informed that minutes before the explosion, two men riding tandem on a motorbike dropped a plastic bag after they briefly stopped in front of the warehouse and sped off.
 
Undug said the ASG brigands were behind the bombing since he turned down their request to employ them as guards of the road concreting projects his office is implementing in the town of Tuburan, Basilan.

Undug, as head of the Basilan district engineers’ office, oversees the implementation of all government infrastructure projects in Basilan province.
  
The national government and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) are currently implementing road concreting projects in the different parts, to include remote and conflict-affected areas, of Basilan.

The Thursday night incident was the second time a bomb was placed in the property of Undug.

The first was on Oct. 28 where a bomb was placed at the entrance of Undug’s residential compound in Purok Yakal, Calle Posporo, Barangay San Rafael, Isabela City.

Joint police and military explosive ordnance demolition (EOD) personnel safely detonated the bomb, which was cellular phone-triggered explosive.

Two men riding a motorcycle were seen to have dropped the bomb at the gate of Undug’s residence before the explosive was discovered and detonated.

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