Camp Crame hit by two bomb scares

Camp Crame hit by two bomb scares (Photo by Ryomaandres (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0)

The first bomb scare happened when a suspected dynamite with wirings was found by garbage collectors along 4th Avenue, Barangay Bagong Lipunan, Crame, Quezon City.

Supt. Edwin Eleazar, of the Philippine National Police-Explosive and Ordnance Division (PNP-EOD) officer-in-charge, said that the suspected bomb was made to look real but it was not an explosive.

Eleazar saw no “criminal intent” in the suspected bomb having been found in trash.

He noted that the suspected bomb was composed of rolled cupboard, wirings and digital timer, but it was not capable of exploding.

Eleazar said that the suspected bomb was negative of explosive component which was found near Camp Crame.

The dynamite-shape material with wirings and digital timer was found by a garbage collector at about 11 a.m. on Wednesday.

Personnel of the PNP-EOD immediately responded to the area.

The PNP-EOD official termed it as “inert” which is used as a training aid in the conduct of lectures.

Quezon City Police District (QCPD) director Chief Supt. Guillermo Eleazar said that the QCPD operatives were now conducting “follow-up operation” to determine who disposed the suspected “bomb” in the garbage.

Eleazar added that also being investigated was the area where the suspected bomb was found.

The second bomb scare occurred when a suspicious object inside a plastic bag was found inside Camp Crame, Quezon City on Wednesday afternoon.

The area where the object was found was immediately sealed off by Camp Crame authorities.

Experts from the PNP-EOD inspected first the suspicious package and immediately detonated the same.

The second suspected “bomb” was “disrupted” by the PNP-EOD.

The PNP-EOD personnel detonated the suspected bomb placed inside a trash can in Camp Crame.

After using a “disruptor”, the result was negative on the suspected package inside Camp Crame.

Three boxes full of cable wires were found after the suspected bomb was disrupted near the PNP General Hospital in Crame Crame.