“The explosion was very powerful, the ground was shaking, used clothing and everything flying, people were running in different directions,” said Suerte, who sustained shrapnel injuries on both legs. Seconds before he was hit, he said, a militiaman saw a man put a bag under a parked motorbike, only 3 meters from where he stood. “I saw a girl lying in a pool of blood right after the blast, I think she died,” he said in Filipino. Martial law extensionExecutive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said extending martial law in Mindanao was an option that the government was considering after the attack in Isulan. Vice President Leni Robredo opposed an extension, saying martial law had failed to stop terrorist attacks in Mindanao.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 29, 2018 23:03 UTC