Senior Superintendent Julasirim Kasim, commander of police forces in Sulu province in southern Philippines, gestures as he points Saturday, June 14, 2008 to where a bag was left. Police bomb experts detonated the bag on suspicion it contained an explosive, but all they found were pieces of papers. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)SULU, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / June 14, 2008) – Police detonated late Saturday a bag left hanging on a street lamp on suspicion it contained a bomb, officials said.
A police bomb expert carefully removed the bag and put it on the middle of the road in downtown Jolo and detonated it. The bag turned out to contain only pieces of rolled newspapers, said Sulu police chief, Julasirim Kasim.
“We thought it was a bomb. Somebody phoned us to say that a man left the bag hanging on the street lamp. It is better to be vigilant,” Kasim told the Mindanao Examiner.
Police said it used a small piece of plastic explosive to detonate the bag near the Catholic Church in Jolo town. The blast caused a small crater about four inches in diameter on the road. Policemen surrounded the area to prevent locals from going near the site and trucks cordoned off roads around the place as they searched for suspicious package or bags nearby.
Jolo was previously bombed by the Abu Sayyaf group which is holding a television reporter Ces Drilon and her cameraman Jimmy Encarnacion, including a university professor Octavio Dinampo. They were seized June 8 in Maimbung town while on their way to interview a senior Abu Sayyaf leader Radulan Sahiron who has sent surrender feelers.
A second cameraman Angelo Valderama was freed on Thursday after negotiators headed by Indanan town mayor Isnaji Alvarez paid an unspecified amount of ransom. The gang is demanding up to P50 million ransoms. (Mindanao Examiner)
A police bomb expert carefully removed the bag and put it on the middle of the road in downtown Jolo and detonated it. The bag turned out to contain only pieces of rolled newspapers, said Sulu police chief, Julasirim Kasim.
“We thought it was a bomb. Somebody phoned us to say that a man left the bag hanging on the street lamp. It is better to be vigilant,” Kasim told the Mindanao Examiner.
Police said it used a small piece of plastic explosive to detonate the bag near the Catholic Church in Jolo town. The blast caused a small crater about four inches in diameter on the road. Policemen surrounded the area to prevent locals from going near the site and trucks cordoned off roads around the place as they searched for suspicious package or bags nearby.
Jolo was previously bombed by the Abu Sayyaf group which is holding a television reporter Ces Drilon and her cameraman Jimmy Encarnacion, including a university professor Octavio Dinampo. They were seized June 8 in Maimbung town while on their way to interview a senior Abu Sayyaf leader Radulan Sahiron who has sent surrender feelers.
A second cameraman Angelo Valderama was freed on Thursday after negotiators headed by Indanan town mayor Isnaji Alvarez paid an unspecified amount of ransom. The gang is demanding up to P50 million ransoms. (Mindanao Examiner)
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