Suspected improvised explosive device recovered outside Senate – police

Senate of the Philippines. — File photo MANILA, Philippines — A suspected improvised explosive device (IED) was recovered outside the Senate premises in Pasay City on Monday morning, July 27, ahead of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s fifth State of the Nation Address (Sona), according to the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO). An employee of a towing service along Diokno Boulevard flagged the suspected IED during a routine security inspection by Pasay City Police Station personnel, the NCRPO said in a police report. READ: No gun ban for Marcos’ 5th Sona, PNP clarifies Article continues after this advertisement “Thereafter, the team implemented the appropriate Render Safe Procedure (RSP) utilizing the Hand Entry Technique to safely examine and neutralize the suspected IED. The procedure was successfully completed without incident,” the police explained. “The operation yielded a positive result for the presence of explosive components/materials,” it added. The police report noted that operatives recovered a 9V battery, a blasting cap, a clock and a plastic jar containing a brown powder “suspected to be an explosive material.” In an interview with reporters in Quezon City, Philippine National Police chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said the agency was now investigating the circumstances surrounding the suspected IED. This is a developing story. /das Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again. Your subscription has been successful.