A suspected bomber was killed after an improvised bomb he was transporting exploded in Zamboanga del Sur province in the southern Philippines. Policemen inspecting the site recovered an improvised bomb assembled from a 60mm mortar and rigged to a detonator and a cell phone, not far from the dead manÂ’s decapitated body in Labangan town. The bomb was found at a rice paddy near the highway late Tuesday and safely disrupted.
Chief Inspector Ariel Huesca, a regional police spokesman, said, “The identity of the man is still unknown and police are investigating this case."
It was not immediately known whether the man, whose head and arms were blown off, was a member of a rebel or terrorist group. His body was clad in black shirt and a pair of black and green tactical shooter pants.