PNP says suspected suicide bombers in Sulu blast likely to be Filipinos

PHILIPPINE NATIONAL Police chief Gen. Oscar D. Albayalde said the two alleged suicide bombers in last Friday’s explosion at a military camp in Sulu, which left eight dead and 22 injured, are likely to be Filipinos. “Ang alam lang natin (What we know is) even the Armed Forces of the Philippines ay identified itong mga taong ito (have identified these people) and they are not foreign nationals,” said Mr. Albayalde in a press briefing at Camp Crame on Monday. He said the investigation is still ongoing. For his part, Defense Secretary Delfin N. Lorenzana said the imposition of martial law in the entire Mindanao may not exactly be the solution to the continued security problems in parts of the southern islands. “Martial law actually is not the solution to all these, because anybody can just go anywhere, because we have not controlled the movement of the people in Mindanao, they can basically go anywhere you want without any checkpoints… we just have checkpoints in areas that are dangerous, from one island to another,” Mr. Lorenzana said. — Vince Angelo C. Ferreras