Untimely explosion of IED kill the suspect

The suspected bomber dead body found headless and

armless some 15 meters away from the explosion area.

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (September 4, 2013)– The untimely explosion of one of the two Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was behind the death of the unidentified person believed to be a suspected bomber Tuesday at 7:30 in the evening on September 3 along the national highway at Barangay Tapodoc, Labangan town in the province of Zamboanga del Sur.

Newly assumed Municipal Police Station Commander Police Senior Inspector Lee Eric Humpa told Pagadian FRONTLINEhttp://pagadianfrontline.tk/  that the man’s dead body was recovered headless beside the rice field by the maintenance crew of the Underground Technology Incorporated at about 1:30 dawn of September 4. The body was thrown-away some 15 meters from the bomb explosion. 

Police initial investigation disclosed, the IED had untimely exploded while planted by the suspect due to the darkness in the area caused by 4 hours routine brownout started at 6:00 o’clock pm until 10:00 o’clock in the evening. The dead body sustained multiple wounds whose arm and head was blasted and was wearing black shirt and pants color black and green combination. 

“We are surprised sir by the big explosion occurred some 30 meters west from our detachment,” the Soldier on duty located at the junction going to the cities of Cotabato Iligan also said.

The police operatives guarded the explosion area, some

30 meters east from the junction going to the Cities of

Iligan and Cotabato where the Army Detachment

located. (Photo by Jong Cadion)

Earlier police operatives who responded to the crime scene right after the explosion. They immediately closed the flow of traffic for motorists from the west and east bound part from Labangan Bridge to the Labangan Integrated Bus Terminal after the recovery of some IED materials with unknown mm of mortal shell near the explosion area and a back pack containing secondary unexploded 60mm mortal shell with cellular phone used as triggering device. 

The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team successfully disrupted the IED while the Scene of the Crime Operatives initial investigation disclosed found no person injured during the first explosion. Untimely explosion of IED kill the suspect

“We do not know that there is a casualty during the explosion until the maintenance crew from the Underground Technology Incorporated reported to them that they were able to recovered a dead body near the area while doing the repair of their communication cable line that was damaged during the explosion and that also fronted them to go back again to the crime scene for verification,” P/SInp Humpa explained.

As of press time, the police investigation has yet to determine his identity and which group does the suspect belong. The dead body was brought to Gamalinda Funeral Home for proper disposition.

Military sources also said that most failure operation or incidents similar to this is believed not work of an expert but was done by the members of a terrorist group who are in test mission. (Reported by JONG CADION)