From the Philippine News Agency (Aug 9): Cotabato PNP, Marines apply stricter safety measures following car bomb attack
To avoid deadly car bomb attacks in the future, theCotabato City
If the use of crash helmets is mandatory to all motorcycle drivers in most cities around the country, starting Thursday night, motorcycle drivers here have been banned from using closed crash helmets.
Parked vehicles without its drivers alongSinsuat Avenue
These are some of the measures implemented by the Cotabato City Police and the Philippine Marines to prevent similar attacks in the future, according to Senior Supt. Rolen Balquin, city police director.
Balquin said the five-kilometer stretchSinsuat Avenue
“This is to protect commuters and avoid similar car bomb attack in the future,” Balquin said after meeting with government law enforcers and local officials in the aftermath of August 5 car bomb attack.
He said traffic enforcers will tow vehicles parked alongSinsuat Avenue
Motorcycle drivers are strictly prohibited to use closed crash helmet while moving around town, especially at night. Balquin explained that most crime against life in the city had been carried out by suspects riding tandem on motorbikes with crash helmets.
Residents who fire their guns indiscriminately or firing of firecrackers will be arrested, Balquin said.
He explained that all of these are meant to ensure the safety of city residents who have been shaken by the powerful car bomb attack Monday afternoon that authorities said targeted the vehicle ofCotabato City
Balquin reiterated calls for public support by reporting to authorities any suspicious cars, motorcycles or individuals in the city.
Three groups are eyed in the car bomb attack and the series of improvised explosive devices explosions inCotabato City , Maguindanao and North Cotabato the past week.
These are the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, a breakaway rebel group turned into banditry, Abu Sayaff Group and local terrorists with links to regional terror group Jemaah Islamiyah.
Following the incidents, local government executives and the police provincial offices have instituted measures to ensure safety of citizens.
In Midsayap,North Cotabato , curfew starting nine in the evening until 5 in the morning had been implemented after a powerful IED went off in front of a pawnshop in Wednesday morning.
In Kabacan, North Cotabato, anotherNorth Cotabato town target for bombing according to Army and police intelligence operatives, more policemen were deployed around the town center.
Kabacan had been subjected to several IED bomb attacks.
Policemen and soldiers are also on heightened alert inKidapawan City and in Tacurong City
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To avoid deadly car bomb attacks in the future, the
If the use of crash helmets is mandatory to all motorcycle drivers in most cities around the country, starting Thursday night, motorcycle drivers here have been banned from using closed crash helmets.
Parked vehicles without its drivers along
These are some of the measures implemented by the Cotabato City Police and the Philippine Marines to prevent similar attacks in the future, according to Senior Supt. Rolen Balquin, city police director.
Balquin said the five-kilometer stretch
“This is to protect commuters and avoid similar car bomb attack in the future,” Balquin said after meeting with government law enforcers and local officials in the aftermath of August 5 car bomb attack.
He said traffic enforcers will tow vehicles parked along
Motorcycle drivers are strictly prohibited to use closed crash helmet while moving around town, especially at night. Balquin explained that most crime against life in the city had been carried out by suspects riding tandem on motorbikes with crash helmets.
Residents who fire their guns indiscriminately or firing of firecrackers will be arrested, Balquin said.
He explained that all of these are meant to ensure the safety of city residents who have been shaken by the powerful car bomb attack Monday afternoon that authorities said targeted the vehicle of
Balquin reiterated calls for public support by reporting to authorities any suspicious cars, motorcycles or individuals in the city.
Three groups are eyed in the car bomb attack and the series of improvised explosive devices explosions in
These are the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, a breakaway rebel group turned into banditry, Abu Sayaff Group and local terrorists with links to regional terror group Jemaah Islamiyah.
Following the incidents, local government executives and the police provincial offices have instituted measures to ensure safety of citizens.
In Midsayap,
In Kabacan, North Cotabato, another
Kabacan had been subjected to several IED bomb attacks.
Policemen and soldiers are also on heightened alert in
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