Lt. Col. Danilo Ibon, the battalion commander, said the seminar was held at the parking area of the Gaisano Super Mall and participated by the store’s security heads and personnel, their sales supervisors.
He the army’s 35th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team and the EOD unit of the local police force headed by Senior Inspector Oliver Pableo conducted the lectures, whose topics included familiarization of improvised explosives and its devastating effects and bomb threat management.
“With the recent IED incident in Cagayan de Oro City, it is important for us to be attentive of our surroundings to protect ourselves and our loved ones.
It is only through our joint efforts; both the civilian and the military, that we may be able beat the harmful plans of the heartless terrorists,” Ibon said.
Eight people were killed and over 40 others wounded in a bomb attack at Kyla’s Bistro in Lim Ket Kai Center in Cagayan de Oro on July 26.
The restaurant was full of diners were the blast occurred. It was not immediately known how the bomb managed to slip through the restaurant’s security undetected.
No individual or group claimed responsibility for the explosion. (Mindanao Examiner)
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