Authorities recovered on Friday an improvised explosive device (IED) fashioned from a 60-mm mortar along the Matalam-M'lang highway in North Cotabato, police said.
The IED, according to Chief Insp. Elmer Guevarra of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) North Cotabato, was placed in a black bag, while the detonator and the mobile phone as triggering device were placed in a small pack.
"These bags were thrown by four men on board two XRM motorcycles, which we identified as the vehicles to be used by bombers out to plant an IED anywhere in this province, based on the information we got from our informants," said Guevarra.
Early this week, Guevarra and his men received information that another bombing will take place anywhere in North Cotabato.
Authorities, however, hinted the bombing will not take place today.
"This was because the IED was unarmed. The wirings were not yet attached to the bomb," explained Guevarra.
Guevarra said the bombers would come from Pikit town. He used as basis the information they received from their intelligence and civilian agents.
The information also included the type of vehicles that would be used by the suspected bombers.
"When we spotted these motorcycles while we're doing patrol operation along the highway, we tried to run after them but we failed. While chasing the suspects, we saw them throw something along the road," said the CIDT official.
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