CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 13 Mar) – An unidentified man bombed a news van of a radio station before dawn Tuesday in Cagayan de Oro City in southern Philippines, but police said there were no reports of injuries or casualties.
The attack occurred just in front of the radio station dxCC, owned by the Radio Mindanao Network (RMN). It also damaged several vehicles and a motorcycle parked outside the building.
Initial police report said the gunman used a Molotov bomb in the attack that also destroyed the station’s billboard. The fire bombing drew widespread condemnation from different media groups and human rights activists.
The radio station said the attack could be politically motivated. It said some of its broadcasters had criticized politicians and talked about government corruption in their programs.
“This is a bad sign, this is an omen of what is to come ahead of the elections,” said Senator Aquilino Pimentel.
Filipinos are to choose 12 senators, congressmen, mayors and local officials in the May elections, but there had been many reports already of poll-related violence in the troubled region of Mindanao, where political warlords maintain private goons.
RMN manager Eleazar Saludar said their commentators have been receiving death threats from unidentified phone callers. (Mindanao Examiner)
The attack occurred just in front of the radio station dxCC, owned by the Radio Mindanao Network (RMN). It also damaged several vehicles and a motorcycle parked outside the building.
Initial police report said the gunman used a Molotov bomb in the attack that also destroyed the station’s billboard. The fire bombing drew widespread condemnation from different media groups and human rights activists.
The radio station said the attack could be politically motivated. It said some of its broadcasters had criticized politicians and talked about government corruption in their programs.
“This is a bad sign, this is an omen of what is to come ahead of the elections,” said Senator Aquilino Pimentel.
Filipinos are to choose 12 senators, congressmen, mayors and local officials in the May elections, but there had been many reports already of poll-related violence in the troubled region of Mindanao, where political warlords maintain private goons.
RMN manager Eleazar Saludar said their commentators have been receiving death threats from unidentified phone callers. (Mindanao Examiner)
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