Tag: IED blast

Thirty-five civilians killed in IED blast in Burkina Faso

  by Armel BAILY Agence France-Presse OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AFP) — At least 35 civilians were killed and 37 wounded Monday when an IED blast struck a convoy carrying supplies in Burkina Faso’s jihadist-hit north, the governor of the Sahel region said. The landlocked African state is in the grip of a seven-year-old insurgency that has claimed more than 2,000 lives and forced some 1.9 million people to leave their homes. Monday’s incident took place […]

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PNP: 2 cops killed, four others wounded in NPA-perpetrated IED blast in N. Samar

(Eagle News) — Two policemen were killed and four others were injured on Saturday, Nov. 20, in an explosion in Northern Samar the police said had been caused by an improvised explosive device from members of the New People’s Army. The PNP did not identify the casualties in the incident in Barangay Lonoy, Gamay town at 7 a.m. pending notification of their plight to their respective families. According to the PNP, the policemen were undergoing […]

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General Santos City, isinailalim sa alert level 4 kasunod ng pagsabog ng isang IED

(Eagle News) — Isinailalim sa pinakamataas na alerto o alert level 4 ang General Santos City matapos ang nangyaring pagsabog ng isang hinihinalang improvised explosive device sa Makar Road, Barangay Apopong Linggo ng umaga. Sa kasalukuyan ay nagdagdag ng checkpoints ang otoridad upang mas lalong mabantayan ang seguridad ng lungsod at maging ang mga residente nito. Ayon naman sa mga otoridad, patuloy na kinukumpirma kung ang ginamit na pampasabog ay isang improvised explosive device. (Details […]

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