NORTH COTABATO, Philippines - Three patrolling policemen were hurt in
another roadside bombing by communist rebels in Magpet town Tuesday
morning, the military said.
Captain Manuel Gatus, civil-military relations chief of the Army’s
57th Infantry Battalion, confirmed the incident, but declined to
identify the wounded policemen pending notification of their families.
The victims were their way to Barangay Natutungan in west of Magpet
to verify reported sightings of New People’s Army guerillas when the
rebels set off the explosive, planted along the road, as their vehicle
passed by.
Responding soldiers and policemen rushed the victims to a hospital.
“They are now undergoing medication. They are out of danger,” Gatus said.
Gatus said the improvised explosive device used in the attack was
rigged with a battery operated blasting mechanism attached to a mobile
phone.
The New People's Army perpetrated more than a dozen roadside bombings in
Magpet and nearby Arakan and Antipas towns in the past 10 months.
Source:http://www.philstar.com/nation/2014/09/16/1369772/3-hurt-n.-cotabato-roadside-bombing
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