THE police detonated on Monday night an improvised explosive device (IED) under the Tamontaka Bridge, a major span in Cotabato City, a few hours after a powerful IED exploded in Maguindanao town.

Senior Insp. Rustum Pastolero, Cotabato City police station 3 chief, said the IED, composed of black powder with cut nails as shrapnel and a mobile phone as triggering device, was found at about 8 p.m. or two hours after a similar bomb went off in Talayan town of Maguindanao.

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