August 28 bombing
The bombing occurred on 28 August 2018 at around 8:34 pm local time inCasualties
The blasts had three casualties: a 51-year-old, a 7-year-old child, and a 18-year-old college student. The 51-year-old died at the bombing site while the two died while confined in a hospital due to serious injuries from shrapnel wounds. 36 people were injured which includes two soldiers and a militia personnel.Investigation
Suspects
The police and military believed the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters were behind the bombing, believed to be in retaliation to the group's losses in clashes against the Philippine Army. The police later released an official sketch of an individual tagged as a suspect to the bombing on September 1, 2018. The suspect was described as a 20 to 25 years old male who is tall, weighs about , with a medium built and a white complexion. The police believed that the suspect was working with accomplices since the bombing was made in a manner that it cannot be done by a single person. Authorities filed charges against 7 suspects, 2 of which were still at large. Four were identified as Normia Antao Camsa, Norshiya Joven Camsa, Abedin Camsa alias “Beds,” and a Swedish national, Hassan Akgun.Methods
According to the police, the suspect detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) using a mobile phone. He was said to have been accosted by a militiaman when he placed the bomb under a parked motorbike. The IED's composition was determined to consist of black powder filled inside a barrel of water pump laced with cut nails and metal shards. A nine-volt battery was placed as a triggering device.Reaction
Executive Salvador Medialdea hinted on August 29 that theSeptember 2 twin bombings
A second explosion, 500 metres away from the 28 August bombing, occurred on Sunday, 2 September 2018 around 7:30 pm local time outside an Internet café in the Barangay Kalawag 2 area of the city killing 2 and injuring 15. No group claimed responsibility, however the army division commander, Brigadier General Cirilito Sobejana, believed it to be the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.See also
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