Terror Attack Catalogue

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.

Date: April 8th, 2010
Method: IED
Location: Titay, Philippines
Death Toll: 0
Injury Toll: 0
Perpetrators: Unconfirmed

ABS-CBNNews reports:

At around 8 p.m., an improvised explosive device went off at the Freedom Park where the Lakas-Kampi-CMD, led by Mayoralty Candidate George Castillo, was having a political rally.
Another explosion hit a public telephone booth near a barangay hall in San Antonio. No one was hurt in both incidents.

Date: April 8th, 2010
Method: Grenade
Location: Titay, Philippines
Death Toll: 0
Injury Toll: 3
Perpetrators: Unconfirmed (No group or individual claimed responsibility for the spate of attacks)

Mindanao Examiner reports:

Officials said the grenade exploded late Thursday outside the house of a police officer in Kabasalan town, several kilometers from Titay where two improvised bombs were detonated earlier near the house of George Castillo, a mayoralty candidate of the ruling coalition; and at a village hall in nearby Titay town.

The grenade attack occurred 30 minutes after two improvised explosives went off, although there were no reports of casualties in the bombings.