Abu Sayyaf member killed in "work accident"
A suspected Abu Sayyaf rebel was accidentally killed by a bomb he intended to use to attack government troops on violent southern Jolo island, an army general said Wednesday. The powerful blast on Tuesday mangled the body of the still-unidentified militant in Boalo Lipid village in Jolo's Maimbung town, said Brigadier General Alexander Aleo, head of an anti-terrorist task force.
Aleo said the militant planted a land mine, which failed to explode when a military convoy passed by but went off when he checked on it. Why does a picture of Wiley Coyote checking a landmine after the Roadrunner safely eats the birdseed off it come to mind? |
Posted by: Dan Darling 2006-04-12 |