Date: April 16th, 2010
Method: IED
Location: Barangay Upper Maligue Isabela, Philippines
Death Toll: N/A
Injury Toll: N/A
Perpetrators: Abu Sayyaf
PhilStar reports:
The bomb was recovered after the intelligence unit of the Marine Battalion Landing Team 1 (MBLT) received information that an improvised explosive device (IED) was abandoned near a creek in Barangay Upper Maligue, Isabela City.
The MBLT1 under Col. Fernando Gomez, K9 unit and the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team launched a search and recovered the bomb about 5 p.m. local time Friday, said Lt. Gen. Ben Dolorfino, commander of Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom).
Date: April 13th, 2010
Method: Bombs, Guns
Location: Isabela, Philippines
Death Toll: 15 (5 militants, 6 civilians, 3 soldiers, 1 police officer)
Injury Toll: Unconfirmed
Perpetrators: approximately 25 Abu Sayyaf Group fighters, linked to Al-Quaeda
Agence France-Presse reports:
The gunmen detonated two home-made bombs near a church and a school sports grandstand in Isabela city on Basilan island, in the latest show of force by the Abu Sayyaf network, which is blamed for the nation's worst terrorist attacks.
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The militants sprayed bullets at terrified civilians scrambling for safety, and engaged in a gun battle with security forces on the outskirts of Isabela that lasted for at least three hours, according to military chiefs.
The first bomb went off about 10:30 am (0230 GMT) outside an education department building near a high school sports grandstand, provincial police chief Antonio Mendoza said in Isabela.
He said the second, rigged to a motorcycle left near a Roman Catholic cathedral, went off minutes later as security forces chased the suspects.
A third bomb placed near a judge's house and a bus terminal was safely detonated by soldiers.
Friday, April 16, 2010
10:46 PM
Claire Morcos
