SUSPECTED Abu Sayyaf (ASG) rebels bombed the house of a local official in Isabela City, Basilan province early dawn on Saturday, police reports said.

Police said that an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by suspected ASG militants went off in the house of Mayor Cherry Akbar in the downtown area of the city at about 2 a.m. Police added that the powerful explosion partly destroyed the concrete fence of the mayor’s house.

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