From the Philippine News Agency (Jun 19): IED blast kills boy, hurts parents, siblings in Sultan Kudarat
Cotabato City - A 10-year-old boy was killed while his parents and siblings were hurt when unidentified men planted and set off an improvised explosive device Wednesday dawn, the Army said.
Col. Dickson Hermoso, 6th Infantry Division spokesperson, identified the fatality as Mohid Ambolodto who died from shrapnel wounds.
Wounded were the boy’s parents, Daud Ambolodto, 40, and wife Wahida, 40, and his two siblings, Moad, 14 and six-year-old Haider, were injured in the explosion.
The victims, all farmers, were rushed to a hospital inCotabato City
Hermoso said investigation showed that the victims were all asleep when two men crawled underneath their nipa hut, planted an improvised explosive device and hurriedly left.
From a distance, the suspects set off the IED using an ignition device attached to a pair of long electrical wires at about 4 a.m.
Hermoso said the Army is helping the police in determining the motive of the attack which initially was believed to be land dispute.
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Cotabato City - A 10-year-old boy was killed while his parents and siblings were hurt when unidentified men planted and set off an improvised explosive device Wednesday dawn, the Army said.
Col. Dickson Hermoso, 6th Infantry Division spokesperson, identified the fatality as Mohid Ambolodto who died from shrapnel wounds.
Wounded were the boy’s parents, Daud Ambolodto, 40, and wife Wahida, 40, and his two siblings, Moad, 14 and six-year-old Haider, were injured in the explosion.
The victims, all farmers, were rushed to a hospital in
Hermoso said investigation showed that the victims were all asleep when two men crawled underneath their nipa hut, planted an improvised explosive device and hurriedly left.
From a distance, the suspects set off the IED using an ignition device attached to a pair of long electrical wires at about 4 a.m.
Hermoso said the Army is helping the police in determining the motive of the attack which initially was believed to be land dispute.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=535976