From the Philippine News Agency (Apr 18): Improvised bomb found in Cagayan de Oro-bound bus
Civilians, police and military authorities prevented what could have been a bloody Holy Week here with the recovery of an improvised explosive deviceTuesday, police said today.
Supt. Junny Buenacosa,Tacurong City
Bomb experts said the IED was fashioned from a 60 mm mortar attached to an old cellular phone and placed in a cardboard box.It was discovered by two passengers who noticed of the unattended box inside the bus that plies the Tacurong City-Cagayan de Oro City route.
The unidentified bus conductor took the box and threw it to a vacant lot near the bus terminal and alerted the police.
Buenacosa said the planting of the IED could be the handiwork of extortion gangs preying on public buses just like in the past.
No one has claimed responsibility for the bombing attempt.
Buenacosa lauded the pubic for its active participation in preventing violence in public transport systems inTacurong City
The bus firm had been subjected to various bomb attacks in the bus after its owners rejected extortion demand from armed groups.
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Civilians, police and military authorities prevented what could have been a bloody Holy Week here with the recovery of an improvised explosive deviceTuesday, police said today.
Supt. Junny Buenacosa,
Bomb experts said the IED was fashioned from a 60 mm mortar attached to an old cellular phone and placed in a cardboard box.It was discovered by two passengers who noticed of the unattended box inside the bus that plies the Tacurong City-Cagayan de Oro City route.
The unidentified bus conductor took the box and threw it to a vacant lot near the bus terminal and alerted the police.
Buenacosa said the planting of the IED could be the handiwork of extortion gangs preying on public buses just like in the past.
No one has claimed responsibility for the bombing attempt.
Buenacosa lauded the pubic for its active participation in preventing violence in public transport systems in
The bus firm had been subjected to various bomb attacks in the bus after its owners rejected extortion demand from armed groups.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=636173