2 IED blast hit Kidapawan City, 4 cops hurt

KIDAPAWAN CITY -- Four policemen were wounded when a roadside bomb went off along the national highway in Barangay Marbel, this city, around 2 p.m., Friday, reports from the Kidapawan City PNP said.The explosion was the second in a row on Friday.Around 9 a.m., a roadside blast hurt two cops, both members of the Arakan municipal police station who were on board a patrol car.Supt. Leo Ajero, Kidapawan City police director, said the second bomb wounded Police Officer Kenneth Enghon of Magpet municipal police station, and three others, including the driver.The police hinted the same group was behind the latest blast.Both were of the same make based from the fragments recovered from the site, reports said. Image may contain 1 person sand//scontent.fmnl9-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18664565_1439784159475741_7730531494561612577_n.jpg?oh=9fc28be71d8d831d846b0bd976ddb02bandampoe=59A0AB54 (Image by DXND Radyo Bida) In a text message, a member of the New Peoples’ Army (NPA) Guerilla Front 53 said their group was behind the two blasts in retaliation of the raid conducted on Thursday by elements of the 39thInfantry Battalion in Barangay Salat, President Roxas, North Cotabato. Around 6 a.m., Thursday, soldiers belonging to 39thIB raided a rebel encampment in Barangay Salat. Joy Mirasol, chair of the Karapatan-North Cotabato, said the military offensives killed a civilian and wounded three others.