From Malaya (Sep 3): BIFF disables power grid in Maguindanao
SUSPECTED members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters bombed a transmission tower of the National Grid Corporation in Maguindanao yesterday, triggering a blackout in the province.
Power was restored by noon yesterday, said Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala, chief of the AFP public affairs office.
He said the BIFF men detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) at the tower in Ladia village, Sultan Kudarat town around 3 a.m. Last August 19, BIFF men planted an IED in the same village, but not at the NGCP tower, and the bomb was retrieved and disarmed by authorities.
Zagala said that based on the assessment of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division based in Cotabato City, the explosion was meant to “destabilize the area so that it will affect the peace process.”
The BIFF is a breakaway group of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front which is conducting peace negotiations with government.
The BIFF is associated with the Khilafa Islamiyah Mindanao which is being blamed for the July 26 bombing in Cagayan de Oro City that left nine people dead.
http://malaya.com.ph/index.php/news/nation/39912-biff-disables-power-grid-in-maguindanao
SUSPECTED members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters bombed a transmission tower of the National Grid Corporation in Maguindanao yesterday, triggering a blackout in the province.
Power was restored by noon yesterday, said Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala, chief of the AFP public affairs office.
He said the BIFF men detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) at the tower in Ladia village, Sultan Kudarat town around 3 a.m. Last August 19, BIFF men planted an IED in the same village, but not at the NGCP tower, and the bomb was retrieved and disarmed by authorities.
Zagala said that based on the assessment of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division based in Cotabato City, the explosion was meant to “destabilize the area so that it will affect the peace process.”
The BIFF is a breakaway group of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front which is conducting peace negotiations with government.
The BIFF is associated with the Khilafa Islamiyah Mindanao which is being blamed for the July 26 bombing in Cagayan de Oro City that left nine people dead.
http://malaya.com.ph/index.php/news/nation/39912-biff-disables-power-grid-in-maguindanao