Grenade found at DPWH-Cotabato

COTABATO CITY — Police bomb experts deactivated a live grenade found Tuesday inside the compound of the Department of Public Works and Highways-Cotabato District Office on Ramon Rabago Sr. St. here.

Police said the PRB-423 grenade, believed to have been hurled by saboteurs from outside the compound, was discovered at around 5:50 p.m. at the vicinity of the office’s administrative section.

The bomb disposal unit used a water disruptor to rid of the grenade found sans its safety lever pin. Probers have yet to determine the motive behind the foiled grenade attack.

Also on Tuesday, members of the military bomb disposal unit disarmed an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) found by the roadside along Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao.

Lt. Col. Gerry Besana, Army’s 6th Infantry Division civil military operations office, said residents alerted authorities over the EID presence in the area.

Besana said the bomb, packed in a container full of black powder and construction nails, bore the signature style of the Jemaah Islamiyah and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters. (PNA)

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