From the Philippine News Agency (Aug 19): Bomb explodes in North Cotabato, no one hurt
Suspected Moro bandits set off another power improvised bomb in a remote village here Sunday night, police said.
Nobody was killed or hurt in the blast, the third this month here, Police Supt. Reynate Delos Santos, Midsayap police chief, said.
Delos Santos said the blast occurred at 8:45 p.m. in right front of store owned by a certain Gerry Fontanilla in Barangay Nes, Midsayap,North Cotabato .
Fontanilla told police investigators that two men in their 30s arrived in his store at about 8:25 p.m. on board a motorcycle.
He said the two appeared to be in a hurry and bought few sticks of cigarettes and candies from his roadside store.
After getting the cigarette, the two hurriedly left on board the same motorcycle without license plate.
“When they left a powerful blast occurred,” Fontanilla said. Police said the blast created a crater and damaged Fontanilla’s store which was made of light materials.
“I have no idea they were carrying bomb, their faces were new to me,” he said of the two men. He added no other persons came close to his store other than the two men.
Sunday’s blast was the third this month.
On August 7, a powerful blast ripped through a pawnshop alongSto Nino Street Cotabato City
Last Wednesday, an IED exploded in Barangay Baliki, also in Midsayap.
Police said the IED, believed to be fashioned from 60 mm mortar, was intended for the town center but due to presence of policemen and soldiers at checkpoints, the suspects were forced to leave it at a roadside variety store.
Nobody claimed responsibility in the latest bomb blast but authorities here considered the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters as the perpetrators. The BIFF claimed responsibility in previous bombings in Midsayap.
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Suspected Moro bandits set off another power improvised bomb in a remote village here Sunday night, police said.
Nobody was killed or hurt in the blast, the third this month here, Police Supt. Reynate Delos Santos, Midsayap police chief, said.
Delos Santos said the blast occurred at 8:45 p.m. in right front of store owned by a certain Gerry Fontanilla in Barangay Nes, Midsayap,
Fontanilla told police investigators that two men in their 30s arrived in his store at about 8:25 p.m. on board a motorcycle.
He said the two appeared to be in a hurry and bought few sticks of cigarettes and candies from his roadside store.
After getting the cigarette, the two hurriedly left on board the same motorcycle without license plate.
“When they left a powerful blast occurred,” Fontanilla said. Police said the blast created a crater and damaged Fontanilla’s store which was made of light materials.
“I have no idea they were carrying bomb, their faces were new to me,” he said of the two men. He added no other persons came close to his store other than the two men.
Sunday’s blast was the third this month.
On August 7, a powerful blast ripped through a pawnshop along
Last Wednesday, an IED exploded in Barangay Baliki, also in Midsayap.
Police said the IED, believed to be fashioned from 60 mm mortar, was intended for the town center but due to presence of policemen and soldiers at checkpoints, the suspects were forced to leave it at a roadside variety store.
Nobody claimed responsibility in the latest bomb blast but authorities here considered the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters as the perpetrators. The BIFF claimed responsibility in previous bombings in Midsayap.
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