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No arrests were made immediately.


Hidden in a plastic bag, the bomb was left at the entrance of "Inok’s Bakery" by an unidentified man who then hurried off.


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Responding elements of the Army’s 6th Ordnance Explosive Detachment here said the explosive could have been hurled from outside the fenced terminal of the Wenna Bus Co., often the target of bomb attacks by extortionists.


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Ebdane arrived here Sunday after conducting an inspection at the explosion site in Kidapawan City.


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Various sectors in the region blame the lackluster police  performance in failing to update the order of battle for members of the new extortion rings and in its  supposed role of  neutralizing  the new groups of the dreaded kidnap-for-ransom syndicate.


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9 hurt in Cotabato City blast

By John Unson | October 30, 2003 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY — Police believe that a gang of extortionists detonated the bomb that exploded in a bakery here Tuesday night, injuring a bakery employee and five bystanders. No arrests were made immediately. Hidden...

Headlines

Pentagon extort ring tagged in terminal blast

January 25, 2003 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY — Suspected members of a notorious extortion ring identified with the Pentagon kidnap-for-ransom gang blasted a PRB-423 Belgian-type grenade inside a bus terminal here Thursday night, causing panic...

Nation

2 Alonto ‘henchmen’ linked to Dole plantation bombing

By John Unson And John Paul Jubelag | December 3, 2002 - 12:00am

CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao — Authorities have tagged two alleged henchmen of Pentagon kidnap gang leader Tahir Alonto as behind Thursday’s attack on the pineapple plantation of American-owned Dole Phils....

Nation

Ebdane vows to strengthen PNP intelligence vs terrorists

October 15, 2002 - 12:00am

DAVAO CITY — Philippine National Police chief Director General Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. vowed yesterday to push for the strengthening of the police intelligence network to prevent incidents such as last week’s...

Nation

Pentagon beefs up extort

By John Unson | September 23, 2002 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY — Extortion rings of the notorious Pentagon kidnapping syndicate have intensified their activities since last week, sending demand letters to both wealthy and small-scale traders in Central Mindanao...

Nation

New crime groups emerge from Pentagon

By John Unson | September 17, 2002 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY — Apart from smaller, independent kidnap gangs, more than a dozen smaller extortion rings of the notorious Pentagon kidnapping syndicate have also emerged following last month’s death of its...

Nation