THE PHILIPPINE STAR :

Rews I MONDAY I JULY 1,2019

and the victims of the incident forcers if they arrest

Maldcaftang yesterday to make those resPonsible for or detain a cyber-
called on govemment troops the attack pav for their crimes terrorist " Nograles
in Sulu to strengthen their "We ext'en'd our sYmPathies noted.
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' securitv nieasuiiisin of this heinous He pointed out
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that the incident is
of expiosions that lefi eight act, and vow to hunt down already the third
people dead at a military camp those who are resPorsible. Rest
assured that govemrnent forc- suicide attack in
in &rdanan town last week. a vear - the first
' The bombings, which tar- es on the gror.:nd are conduct-
wis done by a Mo-
ing a deeper investigation on
g"i" dtifi J6;*1iffi roccan national in
"' TI"i' ;r the incident and will not stoP
Lamitan, Basilan in
the Army's lst Brigade Com- until those who ate behind it
bat Team, claimed the lives of are caught oreradicated," said July 2018 followed
tfuee soldiers, three civilians' DND spokesperson Arsenio bv the Mt. Carmel
and two suspected bombers in Andolong yesterday. iathedral bomb-
Barangay Kajatian last Friday, Reelected ReP. Je richo ing in Jolo that was
accdrding to military reports. It Nograles of party-list Puwersa executed by Indo-
also injured 12 othet soldiers ng Bayaning Atleta €xPressed nesians in ]anuary
and civilians. fears that bombing is "becom- this vear.
Islamic State, the extr€mist ing a weaPon of choice for "fhese bra zen
grcup that inspired local ter- the Islamic extremistE in {hg attacks must be
r0rists to occupy Marawi City stopped. The mili-
in 2012 claimed responsibility tary and the po-
for ihe attack. lice can only do so
if the suicide bombers were much to;rotect
foreigners. However, jd/ging us from tliis new
bombers were able to enter the from the past, Filipinos do not method of tenor.
area means they need to imple- engage in suicide bombing," We really need the
ment mor€ security protocols. said Nograles, son of the late cooperation of our
I'm sure they (inilitary) leamed speaker Prospero Nograles. people so that we
a lot from the incidenf" presi-, He added that the incoming can bring the per-
dential spokesman Salvador ' 18th Congress (July 2019-Jul! petrators of this
Panelo said in a radio inter- 2022), which will convene on dastardly act to jus-
view, admitting that it is hard July 22, should "prioritize tice," he stressed.
to stop suicide bombers from national security legislation , --Sulu, according
committing ahocities. such as amending thd Human to him, has appar-
Malacaiang has vowed to Secudty Act of 2007 (Republic ihtly "lately been
pursue the people behind the 4ct93721." $ie playground
attack and to "destroy the en- "Our armed forces and oo- df terrorists. " -
emies of ihe state lice cannot fully protect'us With Michael
as well as their sup- without the law enabling them Punongbayan,
oorters." Mindanao to do so. For example, there Delon Porcalla,
las been under mar- are no provisions on cyber- Mayen jaymalin
tial law since the tenorism but there are penal-
2017 Marawi siege.
The Depar$rent
of National Defense
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