ZAMBOANGA CITY – An improvised explosive went off early Monday evening in Isabela City in the southern Muslim province of Basilan, reports said.
Reports said the powerful explosion
occurred inside a bus depot and slightly injured an army soldier who was hit by
a piece of debris.
The soldier said a cardboard
box was left behind by an unidentified man to a bus conductor saying somebody
would pick it up at the terminal. The soldier said he even put the box beside a
truck after the bus conductor left it at the terminal. He said the box exploded
seconds later after he walked away.
“Nilagay ko pa nga yun box sa
tabi ng truck at saka ako bumalik sa puwesto ko pero seconds lang ay bigla
itong sumabog,” he told radio station dxNO.
The blast damaged the side of
the truck and nearby structures, including a grocery store inside the bus
depot.
No individual claimed responsibility for the blast, but the pro-ISIS group Abu Sayyaf is actively operating in Basilan, one of five provinces under the restive Bangsamoro autonomous region. (Mindanao Examiner)
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