2 dead, 1 wounded in Masbate blast

TWO persons, including a football player from the Far Eastern University (FEU), were killed and another was wounded in an explosion in Masbate City on Sunday morning, June 6, 2021.

Kieth Absalon, 21, who played for the Malaya Football Club and the FEU football team, was killed along with his uncle Nolven Absalon, 40.

They were biking in Barangay Anas at around 6:45 a.m. Sunday when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off, according to Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Guillermo Eleazar.

Nolven’s 16-year-old son was wounded and brought to the Masbate Provincial Hospital for treatment.

Eleazar said the IED was reportedly planted by New People’s Army (NPA) rebels.

At around 11:30 a.m. Sunday, policemen and soldiers engaged in a firefight with suspected NPA rebels in Barangay Mapiña. They later recovered several IEDs and bomb components, the Bicol Regional Police Office reported.

Eleazar directed the local police to coordinate with the military and launch manhunt operations against the NPA rebels.

He also alerted all police personnel, particularly in NPA-infested areas, to be on high alert and undertake target hardening measures against NPA attacks. (Third Anne Peralta-Malonzo / SunStar Philippines)

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