250-pound bomb dug in Kalinga

KALINGA– Civilians in a remote Kalinga village turned over explosives including a 250-pound bomb to government troops belonging to the Isabela-based Army’s 5th Infantry Division last week.

The bombs, which residents of Barangay Magnao in Pinukpuk, Kalinga have yielded to the Army after their discovery in the area are believed to be owned by the New People’s Army operating in the Kalinga-Cagayan border.

Major Gen. Nestor Ochoa, 5th ID chief, said that aside from the deadly 250-pound general purpose bomb, the villagers also turned over four live 60-mm mortar shells, as well as two hand-held radios. – CL