[InterAksyon] Three more homemade bombs thought to be planted by the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters were recovered and defused Thursday by military bomb experts in Maguindanao province. The three improvised explosive devices, made of black powder with cut nails as shrapnel, were found in Datu Salibo, where the government has been constructing a flood control project. To date, at least 28 BIFF bombs have been defused in Datu Salibo.
Captain Joann Petinglay said, "We continue clearing operations. We cannot recommend as of yet the return of displaced families. Your military will not leave the site unless the communities are free of IEDs."
On Thursday, the Humanitarian Emergency Action Response Team of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao distributed food and conducted psychosocial intervention for some 700 families in Datu Saudi Ampatuan.
The latest victims of BIFF bombs were police officers of Gundulungan town, two of whom were injured when their patrol car was bombed in Barangay Bagan.