AFP suspects renegade MILF rebels behind Kidapawan blasts
Armed Forces chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. disclosed that initial investigation of the two bomb explosions in
He said that steps are now being undertaken by the military and other government agencies to neutralize the extortion group, dubbed Abu Sofia, that is also engaged in kidnapping-for-ransom activities and other terrorist operations.
“There’s always a possibility that this extortion group (Abu Sofia), if not addressed, can always become a bigger terrorist group,” Esperon said during the induction at
Esperon said that members of the terrorist groups operating in
Officials have warned the government that the Jemaah Islamiyah, an international terrorist group operating in southeast Asia with links to Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda, has already stockpiled improvised bombs for its planned bombings in key areas in Mindanao.
This developed as the police foiled another bombing attempt in nearby Pikit town yesterday morning with the recovery and disarming of an improvised explosive device (IED) planted in front of an establishment.
Responding military and police bomb disposal experts recovered the improvised bomb and disarmed it.
Meanwhile, the other girl who died yesterday due to injuries she sustained from Friday night’s bombings in
The other slain victim was Lozada’s cousin Honey May Lozada, 8, who died just several minutes after two explosions at the commercial district in Kidapawan.
The Kidapawan police has detained a suspect identified as George German, 20, who was seen running away from the scene after the two explosions.
The first bomb was planted in a crowded minibus exploded near the Sheer Marketing along
Friday’s twin bombings in
Philippine National Police chief Director General Avelino Razon Jr., who visited the blast sites yesterday, said the police is investigating if German could be a local member of the Jemaah Islamiyah. – With John Unson, Michael Punongbayan, Edith Regalado
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