{"id":242820,"date":"2020-01-22T19:52:02","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T00:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=242820"},"modified":"2020-01-22T19:52:02","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T00:52:02","slug":"mrt-3-belies-reports-on-suicide-bombers-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/01\/22\/mrt-3-belies-reports-on-suicide-bombers-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"MRT-3 belies reports on suicide bomber’s arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a statement, the MRT-3 said the viral social media post, which claimed the apprehension of a bomber, is false. (File Photo<\/a>: MRT-3 Philippines\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) management on Wednesday said there was no \u201csuicide bomber\u201d apprehended in the rail line but was merely a person who took part in a \u201cpenetration test\u201d by the Philippine National Police.<\/p>\n

In a statement, the MRT-3 said the viral social media post, which claimed the apprehension of a bomber, is false.<\/p>\n

In the original Twitter post, a man in a red shirt can be seen with a bomb strapped to his back, while his hands seemed to be handcuffed and covered by his jacket.<\/p>\n

The MRT-3 said the photo was from a penetration test by the PNP on Tuesday at the Cubao Station in Quezon City.<\/p>\n

\u201cWala pong dapat ipag-alala ang aming mga pasahero sapagkat ito ay isa lamang<\/em>\u00a0\u2018penetration test\u2019\u00a0na ginawa ng<\/em>\u00a0PNP (Our passengers should not worry since this was merely a penetration test done by the PNP),\u201d the MRT-3 said.<\/p>\n

The penetration test, the MRT-3 said, was done to gauge the alertness and capacity of security personnel in responding to an actual crisis.<\/p>\n

The MRT-3 also advised the public to verify reports or news, especially on social media, due to the prevalence of so-called \u201cfake news.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUgaliing mag<\/em>-verify\u00a0kung saan o ano ang pinanggalingan ng impormasyon\u2014kung ito ba ay mula sa isang lehitimong<\/em>\u00a0source (Always verify the source of the information\u2014whether it came from a legitimate source),\u201d the MRT-3 said.<\/p>\n

It assured the public that safety is of the utmost priority for the rail service.<\/p>\n

\u201cMakakaasa po kayo na amin pong ginagawa ang lahat upang masiguro ang kaligtasan ng aming mga pasahero<\/em>\u00a0(Rest assured that we\u2019re doing all we can to ensure the safety of our passengers),\u201d the MRT-3 said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT-3) management on Wednesday said there was no \u201csuicide bomber\u201d apprehended in the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":89219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-raymond-carl-dela-cruz","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242820"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242821,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242820\/revisions\/242821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}