COTABATO CITY: Five people, including a soldier, were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) inside a jeep went off on Tuesday night at Makakua Street near the city plaza here.

Cotabato City Police Director Senior Supt. Rolen Balquin said the bomb, which was made of a 60-mm mortar shell, exploded at around 8:30 p.m. at the back of a parked jeep while the Philippine Army’s Special Forces were patrolling the area.

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