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| Basilan bombing attempt foiled |
| 2016-05-30 |
| [Mindanao Examiner] Police foiled a bombing attempt on Saturday in the Philippine province of Basilan in the Muslim autonomous region. Police defused an improvised bomb assembled from a mortar round connected to a blasting cap and cell phone on a bridge in Lamitan City. The explosive was in a black backpack when police bomb experts carefully disarmed it. The bridge was closed temporarily while police searched the area for more bombs, but found nothing. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the foiled attack, but Lamitan had been previously bombed by the Abu Sayyaf. |
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