CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Ten female suicide
bombers, all foreigners trained by the terrorist network Jemaah
Islamiyah, would hit key cities in Mindanao this week, both a
city official and the spokesman of the Army’s 4th Infantry
Division said.
The Army’s 4ID and the Police Regional Office
10 have been placed on full alert after the General Santos
bombing and are now concentrating its internal security
operations in Northern Mindanao.
Two days before the bombing, Cagayan de Oro
Vice Mayor Vicente Emano confirmed over DxIF Bombo Radyo that he
received an intelligence report that key cities in Mindanao
would be hit by terrorists this week. He said at least 10 female
suicide bombers have already been trained by Jemaah Islamiyah
operatives to launch bomb attacks.
"The presence of these lady sexy bombers of
the JI is purely to terrorize the key cities in Mindanao," said
Emano.
Maj. Michele Anayron, 4ID spokesman, told
Malaya that the AFP and the PNP have also received the same
intelligence report and they have already taken precautions. "We
are now taking this report seriously. These lady bombers are all
foreigners and members of the JI," he said. He declined to
release any more details so as not to compromise the
government’s plans.
Anayron said the AFP, the PNP and City Mayor
Constantino Jaraula met yesterday to discuss and coordinate
preemptive measures against possible terrorist activities in the
region. He said at least three K9 bomb-sniffing dogs, a bomb
squad and armored vehicles would be deployed by the military
anytime to augment the police forces in the region.
Senior Supt. Isagani Genabe, Cagayan de Oro police chief,
said his men have already been deployed for continuous
monitoring of the whole city and the entire region. He said
policemen in target areas have been augmented. – Benjamin
Balce
