Blast rocks Basilan hostel; 2 other bombs defused
An improvised explosive device (IED) exploded and destroyed a small lodging house here last Saturday night, but no one was reported hurt.
Investigators said a second bomb was found a few hours later at a hotel in nearby Isabela City while another IED was discovered near a school in Lamitan yesterday morning.
Directorate Integrated Police Operations (DIPO) for Western Mindanao director Chief Superintendent Felisicimo Khu said still unidentified suspects detonated the bomb at Spasky’s Lodging House along Flores Street in Barangay Maligaya, Lamitan.