ZAMBOANGA CITY: Suspected rebels bombed another transmission tower of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) in a fresh attack aimed at crippling the Mindanao power grid.
The attack late on Thursday targeted Tower No. 6 of the Kabacan-Sultan Kudarat 138 kilovolt line in Aleosan town, North Cotabato. Two improvised explosives were detonated by the suspected rebels, but failed to topple the steel tower, although the blast seriously damaged the transmission facility.
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