Military foils Abu Sayyaf bomb plot in Basilan

ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Philippine military announced on Thursday afternoon the recovery of four Abu Sayyaf improvised explosives and rifle grenades and claimed to have foiled a bomb plot in the southern province of Basilan where security forces are hunting down members of the pro-IS group.

Army Lt. Gen. Corleto Vinluan Jr, chief of the Western Mindanao Command, said the explosives were owned by the group of Abu Sayyaf leader Furuji Indama. He said the recovery of the explosives in Cambug village in Al-Barka town was the result of intelligence operations by various army and navy units.