ZAMBOANGA CITY , Philippines – Four bombs believed left behind during a standoff between members of the government security forces and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) were found by evacuees as they returned to their villages on Thursday.
Explosives experts from the city police recovered three 40-mm rifle grenades and a projectile of a 90-mm shoulder-fired rocket in Sitio Ayer in Barangay Sta. Barbara and Sitio Fishpond in Rio Hondo, according to city police director Senior Superintendent Dennis Basngi.
The two areas were among the five villages devastated in the three-week firefight between the military and the rebels.