And a photo of The Manila Times shows PNP’s Public Information Office chief Reuben Theodore C. Sindac holding sketches of the three suspects in the blast. (Photo By Mike De Juan – The Manila Times)
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / July 29, 2013) – Police have released a set of facial composite image of three alleged suspects in the bombing of a restaurant in the southern Philippine city of Cagayan de Oro.
Police said the images were based on the description of witnesses, but the identities of the attackers remain unknown.
Eight people had died from the bombing of Kyla’s Bistro in Lim Ket Kai Center on July 26 and no individual or group claimed responsibility for the attack.
Police are still investigating the motive of the attack, but Interior Secretary Mar Roxas has also blamed policemen in Cagayan de Oro City for tampering with the crime scene after they allowed bistro workers to clean up the area despite the continuing probe. The local policemen are now being investigated for this.
Police suggest that a mortar bomb was use in the attack that also left over 40 people wounded, but this is not conclusive since no fragments had been recovered in the area.
Kyla’s Bistro is a popular restaurant in Cagayan de Oro City and it was not immediately known whether the owner received any prior warnings or whether the attack was connected to extortion or not. (Mindanao Examiner)
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