BASILAN (Mindanao Examiner / 22 May) – Police on Tuesday sent more forces to secure the canvassing of votes on Basilan island following a grenade attack that injured three people.
The attack late on Monday at a canvassing area in Lamitan town was believed to be connected to politics. The elections on May 14 were hotly contested in Basilan between political warlords.
No individual or group claimed responsibility for the explosion, but it sent fears to local elections officers still canvassing votes from nearby Sumisip town.
The attack interrupted the canvassing of votes, but it later resumed after police secured the premises of a government school used as counting area.
Local politicians accused each other of election fraud and cheating and vote-buying. And in recent days, security forces seized illegal weapons from supporters of politicians.
Philippine elections are often marred with irregularities and fraud and have been traditionally bloody and violent.
Police said hundreds of people were killed and injured in poll-related violence across the country. (Mindanao Examiner)
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