KORONADAL CITY – Police authorities have called on
the public to seek police assistance if they found unexploded ordnance that
might explode if it is not properly handled.
PColonel Jemuel Siason, South Cotabato police
director, made the announcement after a construction engineer was killed while
trying to handling a vintage bomb in Polomolok, South Cotabato last Tuesday.
Police said the victim, Engr. Vincent Claus Degula,
40, died after a vintage bomb he was trying to pry open went off in Barangay
maligo, Polomolok town.
Police said the victim tried to open the one-foot
long cylindrical ordnance by slicing its upper part with the use of a grinder.
PLt.col. Marvin Duadua, Polomolok police chief, said
the victim thought that there was some gold inside the ordnance, which prompted
him to open it up.
Siason has ordered police chiefs to intensify the
information campaign to the public on how to deal with recovered bombs buried
during the Second World War.
“Anybody who finds any explosive should immediately
report the matter to police authorities,” Siason said. Joseph Jubelag/Manila
Bulletin
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