(UPDATED) An explosion hits the New Bilibid Prison's Maximum Security Compound Friday morning
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – An improvised explosive device (IED) exploded inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP)’s Maximum Security Compound on Friday, October 11.
“An explosion has occurred at quadrant 4, Maxsecom (Maximum Security Compound), NBP,” the police report from Taguig police read. The explosion occurred at around 10 am.
After the explosion, police deployed explosive and ordnance and K9 teams to the area.
During the validation, they found in the area 2 hand grenades and 2 blasting caps inside shanties beside the explosion site.
The explosion site was near the incarceration area of extremist convicts such as members of the Abu Sayyaf Group, the Maute Group, the Islamic State, Rajah Suleiman Group, Jimaah Islamiyah, and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. – Rappler.com
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