Bomb threat warning from Mindanao police
Police in the Philippines said they have received intelligence that militants were planning to plant three homemade bombs in populated areas such as Catholic churches in Cotabato City, in Mindanao, reports philSTAR.com.
Chief Supt. Felicisimo Khu, regional police director for Western Mindanao identified three churches – the Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Rosary Heights Parish Church and Queen of Peace.
He made the revelation after another bomb exploded in Cotabato on Wednesday morning, the report said.
In 2009, six people were killed and dozens wounded when a bomb went off outside Immaculate Conception Cathedral.
“Authorities were alerted over this threat. We ask the public to be vigilant and report to police any suspicious looking men,” he said.
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Cotabato bombing plots revealed (philSTAR.com)
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