COTABATO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 18 Apr) – A powerful explosive rigged to a motorcycle exploded late Wednesday in the southern Philippines, killing its rider, police said.
Police said the explosion occurred at around 6.30 p.m. in Cotabato City in the troubled province of Maguindanao. One civilian was also wounded from the explosion just outside a residential village called Happy Homes.
“We still don’t know what really happened, except that a motorcycle exploded and its rider was killed. We are awaiting full reports from our investigators about this explosion,” a police officer, Jose Dimaano, told the Mindanao Examiner.
Police have put up roadblocks and checkpoints in Cotabato following the blast.
Reporters who were in the area said the powerful explosion decapitated the body of the still unidentified man. Police suspect the man was a bomber and that the explosive may have accidentally detonated.
It was unknown if the bomb was intended to target civilians or if the man had any links with the Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiya or the Moro National Liberation Front.
Security forces are battling the three groups in the southern island of Jolo, where at least 20 soldiers and rebels had been killed since last week. (Mark Navales)
Police said the explosion occurred at around 6.30 p.m. in Cotabato City in the troubled province of Maguindanao. One civilian was also wounded from the explosion just outside a residential village called Happy Homes.
“We still don’t know what really happened, except that a motorcycle exploded and its rider was killed. We are awaiting full reports from our investigators about this explosion,” a police officer, Jose Dimaano, told the Mindanao Examiner.
Police have put up roadblocks and checkpoints in Cotabato following the blast.
Reporters who were in the area said the powerful explosion decapitated the body of the still unidentified man. Police suspect the man was a bomber and that the explosive may have accidentally detonated.
It was unknown if the bomb was intended to target civilians or if the man had any links with the Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiya or the Moro National Liberation Front.
Security forces are battling the three groups in the southern island of Jolo, where at least 20 soldiers and rebels had been killed since last week. (Mark Navales)
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