ZAMBOANGA CITY – An improvised explosive went off at a port area in the troubled province of Basilan in the Muslim autonomous region in southern Philippines, but police said there were no casualties in the attack.
The bombing late Monday damaged a water tank and windows of the terminal building in Lamitan City.
No individual or group claimed responsibility for the bombing, but previous attacks in Lamitan had been largely blamed by authorities to the Abu Sayyaf group which is fighting for a separate Islamic state in the South.
Police collected debris at the terminal to determine what type of explosive was used in the attack. It said an investigation is also going on.
In October last year, a powerful Abu Sayyaf bomb – made from ammonium nitrate and fuel oil and packed with iron nails, and rigged to a blasting cap and cell phone – was also discovered along Rizal Avenue in downtown Lamitan.
Prior to that, an improvised bomb planted outside the police headquarters in Lamitan City also exploded, although no was injured or killed in the attack blamed to the Abu Sayyaf which pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. (E. Dumaboc)
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