ZAMBOANGA CITY: A suspected bomber was killed after an improvised bomb he was transporting exploded in Zambo-anga del Sur province, officials said Wednesday.

Officials said policemen, who were inspecting the site, recovered an improvised bomb assembled from a 60mm mortar and rigged to a detonator and a cell phone, not far from the dead man’s decapitated body in the village of Tapodoc in Labangan town.

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