Bombing in Iligan City

At around 5 o'clock yesterday, August 17. 2008, two improvised explosive devices went off 20 minutes apart in two budget hotels in Iligan City. At the Traveler's Inn near Lodu Building, along Cabili Ave., where three people were wounded and another exploded later at the Caprice Lodge, along Badelles St.
No group claimed responsibility for the twin blasts but the City Mayor Lawrence Lluch Cruz said that maybe this happened just to frighten the people in Iligan City. And he hopes this is not related to our disagreement to be part of the Bangsamoro Juridical Entity. As we knew that we had a protest actions against the inclusion of eight of the city’s 44 barangays among some 700 villages in Mindanao that are being considered for inclusion in the proposed Bangsamoro Juridical Entity under the government-Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) agreement. The eight barangays are Digkilaan, Dulag, Hindang, Kalilangan, Lanipao, Mainit, Panoroganan and Rogongon. The City Mayor encouraged all the people in Iligan to be always vigilant all the time. He likewise advised the public to avoid crowded places. He assure that the government can handle this.
Let us all pray for peace.