Police foil bomb attack at Philippine port

[Coventina]

Source: AFP

MANILA (AFP) — Police in the southern Philippines said Monday they had foiled a bomb attack at a busy port.

The bomb was disarmed after employees of the Superferry shipping company's ticketing office in Butuan city's port of Nasipit alerted maritime police to a suspicious package left on the premises, police said.

Ordnance experts called to the site found that the package contained a powerful bomb made from ammonium nitrate, an agricultural chemical used by insurgents to make explosives.

Regional police commander Chief Superintendent Jaime Milla said no one claimed responsibility for the attack, although Islamic militants as well as crime gangs specialising in extortion are known to operate in nearby provinces.



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1. Nobody's considering Michael Meiring as a suspect?

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