Bus companies asked to board passengers only at designated points; BIFF militant group suspected to be behind Sunday’s bombingBUS companies have been asked to direct their drivers to only allow passengers to board at designated points such as bus terminals where security checks are conducted after Sunday“
We are asking them and encouraging them not to pick up along the way because based on the investigation of the 6Infantry Division, passengers were picked up along the way to Tacurong and they alighted shortly before the explosion and they are suspected to have caused the explosion,Mr.
Two members of the BIFF were killed in an encounter with security forces in Maguindanao on Saturday, the military reported.We have been calling those victims of violent extremism to lay down their arms and go back to the folds of the law to avoid circumstances like this, but some are not heeding it,He said six BIFF members have been killed since January while 175 have surrendered to authorities.o Mendoza assured aid to the victims and their families, majority of whom were from the province.
The lone fatality and eight of those injured were residents of Cotabato, a neighboring province of Sultan Kudarat where Tacurong City is the commercial center.