Tag: improvised explosive device

At least two killed, several injured in Cotabato mall blast

(Eagle News)—At least two people were killed and 21 others were injured after a blast ripped through a mall in Cotabato on Monday, Dec. 31. Authorities said the cause of the explosion was an improvised explosive device that was inside a wrapped box. It was still unknown who the suspects are. Authorities said, however, that based on history, the Daulah Islamiyah have been conducting attacks in the area.  

Another group eyed in Sultan Kudarat blast as death toll rises to 3

(Eagle News)—-Authorities are eyeing another group in the blast in Sultan Kudarat on Tuesday, Aug. 28, as the death toll rose to three. A report over dzbb said  authorities were looking into the possibility one Abu Turaifie group, led by one Esmail Sheikh Abdulmalik alias Abu Turaifie, was behind the incident in Isulan that also injured over 30 others. The Philippine National Police said the group claimed to have ties with the Islamic State. Earlier, […]

One dead, 36 injured after IED explodes during town festival in Sultan Kudarat

  Two other bombs reportedly defused in area (Eagle News)–One person was killed and 36 others were injured after an improvised explosive device went off during a town festival in Sultan Kudarat on Tuesday night. The explosion took place at 8:34 p.m. near a gas station in Barangay Kalawag 3, as  activities were ongoing in commemoration of the town’s 61st founding anniversary. Authorities said the IED had been placed inside a motorcycle that had been […]

5 soldiers injured in Maguindanao blast

(Eagle News)– Five soldiers were wounded by a blast from an improvised explosive device in Maguindanao on Sunday. PFC Maguncia, PFC Purol, Pvt. Ramirez,  1Lt. Jano Cyril C. Reyes and PFC Crispo–who are all members of the 57th Infantry Battalion—were wounded after the IED hit their vehicle in Barangay Meta in Datu Unsay around 7:30 a.m. There are no other details available. Authorities are still investigating the incident.

NPA, sunod-sunod na umatake sa ilang bayan sa Palawan

PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan (Eagle News) – Sunud-sunod ang pag-atakeng isinasagawa ng mga grupo ng New People’s Army (NPA) sa ilang bayan sa Palawan. Noong nakaraang July 19 ay may pinatay na dalawang sundalo sa Brgy. Magara, Roxas, Palawan. Tahasang inako ng grupong Bienvenido Vallaver Command ang ginawang pamamaslang sa dalawang sundalo habang ito ay namamalengke sa public market. Noon namang nakaraang Biyernes, July 21, habang binibigyan ng parangal ang dalawang sundalong inilipat ang mga labi […]

Four gunmen killed in hunt for Abu Sayyaf; Duterte says he wants remaining dead

(Agence France Presse) — Four gunmen have been killed in Bohol as President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the military on Sunday to kill remnants of the Abu Sayyaf behind a foiled mass kidnapping attempt there. Authorities said the dead suspects and three others on the run were stragglers from a boatload of the gunmen who sailed to the central island of Bohol this month as part of a plot to kidnap tourists. The raid had signalled […]

President Duterte orders government troops to go hard on Abu Sayyaf

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he had ordered government troops to “not take prisoners” once they find the members of the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf who are on the run after the incident in Inabanga, Bohol last week. “When I said to the Abu Sayyaf…they went there maybe to kidnap..And I told the Navy, if you see (them), the boat, blast them off. Do not give me prisoners. I don’t need them,” he […]

Lima katao sugatan sa pagsabog ng IED sa Marawi City

ROROGAGUS, Marawi City (Eagle News) — Sugatan ang apat na sibilyan at isang sundalo matapos sumabog ang isang improvised explosive device o IED sa kahabaan ng barangay Rorogagus, Marawi City. Nangyari ang pagsabog ilang metro ang layo mula sa lugar kung saan tinambangan ang convoy ng Presidential Security Group nitong November 29. Bandang alas singko y medya ng hapon (5:30 pm) kahapon ng sumabog ang bomba. Ang oras kung kailan, dumaraan ang convoy ng sampung […]

Second IED, a more “destructive” bomb, found in Bulacan – PNP Chief

(Eagle News) — The fourth suspect in the foiled bombing near the United States Embassy in Manila on November 28 is now in the custody of the Philippine National Police (PNP) as another improvised explosive device (IED) was found in Bulacan on Wednesday, December 8. In a press briefing, PNP Chief Director General Roland “Bato” Dela Rosa presented the IED, an artillery that could have killed as many as 300 people in a radius of […]

Bomb-making materials na nakumpiska sa Cotabato posibleng konektado sa Davao blast

DAVAO City (Eagle News) – Nahuli ng Philippine National Police-Cotabato ang isang “Omar Dungguan” sa Maunlad, Barangay Dungguan, M’lang, Cotabato. Ayon kay Police Supt. Emmanuel Peralta, nakumpiska kay Dungguan ang materyales sa paggawa ng bomba ganoon din ang diagram sa pag-gawa ng Improvised Explosive Device (IED). Napag-alaman na target ng nasabing operasyon ang isang “Anwar Sandigan”, isang bomb-maker ngunit nakatakas umano ang suspek matapos malaman nito ang naging operasyon. Ayon sa intelligence report ng awtoridad, ang mga improvised […]

Bus blast kills at least 16 in NW Pakistan: officials

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — At least 16 people were killed and more than two dozen wounded when a bomb blew up inside a bus in Peshawar, the main city of northwest Pakistan, officials said, with the toll expected to rise. The explosion took place in Saddar, a busy shopping district, as the bus was picking up government workers to take them to their offices. “At least 16 people were killed and more than 24 were […]