A transmission tower of the National Transmission Corp. has been "bombed" in the southern Philippine province of North Cotabato, local media reported Wednesday.
Local police told national news network GMA News that the explosion occurred about 10:45 p.m. Tuesday, destroying three steel posts of the tower about three kilometers from the national highway in Dalingaoen village.
In an earlier report, news network ABS-CBN News said unidentified assailants used two improvised explosives to topple the tower.
There is no report of casualties yet.
Police blamed rogue members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) for the blast and said they are under hot pursuit.
"After the attack, the rebels fled to the marshland," a police official told GMA News. It was the third violent incident targeting power facilities in North Cotabato this year.
The 12,000-member MILF has been fighting for an independent state and lately a highly autonomous Muslim region in the southern Philippine region of Mindanao, home to most of the country's Muslim population. Over the years, the rebels and the government have been on-and-off for a peace agreement that would lead to a complete truce.
Source:Xinhua
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