Blasts hit Cotabato during Robredo visit By Mario J. Mallari 09/14/2011

Blasts hit Cotabato during Robredo visit

By Mario J. Mallari 09/14/2011
Two successive roadside bombings hit Cotabato City yesterday while Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse Robredo was attending a public hearing in the city.

Army 6th Infantry Division (ID) deputy commander and concurrent spokesman Col. Imanuel Luis Ochoterna said that two improvised explosive devices (IEDs), believed to be composed of .81mm round, exploded one after the other around 12:15 p.m. on Sinsuat Avenue.

The two roadside bombs exploded in front of Notre Dame Hospital and the Cotabato Regional Hospital.
Ochoterna said no casualty was reported during the blasts.

The Army official expressed belief that the attack could be the handiwork of terrorists, particularly group of Basit Usman, one of the most wanted terrorists operating in southern Philippines and is included in the United States’ list of wanted terrorist with $1 million bounty..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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