The Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cathedral in Jolo, Sulu after the suicide bombing that killed several Mass goers and soldiers (file photo)
Two explosions rocked Patikul, Sulu Tuesday morning injuring a soldier.
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Police Director Marni Marcos said the first explosion happened in Barangay Igasan at around 7:30 a.m. No one was hurt.
Police and military personnel were at the site of the first blast when the second explosion happened at around 8:35 a.m. a few meters away from the site of the first explosion. Corporal Rene Mediana of the K9 unit under the Army’s 43rd Infantry Battalion sustained multiple shrapnel wounds on the lower part of his body.
The twin blasts happened less than two months after suicide bombers attacked a military camp in Indanan and seven months after the Jolo Cathedral bombing.
Philippine National Police Chief General Oscar Albayalde calls for vigilance at all times.
“Talagang may problema sa lugar na yan talagang may nakakasingit, especially so kung determined ang mga enemies of the state kaya we need to be vigilant and alert always,” he said. (Rommel F. Lopez)