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Bomb attack in Mindanao foiled
Philippine security forces foiled a bomb attack in Mindanao which was blamed on a breakaway Moro rebel group.Colonel Prudencio Asto, the regional military spokesman, said soldiers recovered and defused two powerful improvised bombs planted in front of the main gate to the town hall of Sharif Aguak in Maguindanao province. He said the bombs were made from two 81-millimeter mortar shells attached to each of which were mobile phones to act as triggering devices. Asto said, We suspect the targets were our troops conducting foot patrol in the area, adding the home-made bombs may have been planted by members of the breakaway rebel group known as the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM). However, he said another possibility being investigated is the alleged involvement of a notorious criminal syndicate known as Al Khobar believed responsible for a series of extortion and kidnap-for-ransom cases in Mindanao. Posted by: ryuge 2013-01-05 |
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