Report: Bomb scare disrupts Surigao airport operations

A bomb scare disrupted operations at the Surigao City Airport for more than two hours on Tuesday afternoon, a police report said Wednesday. Caraga Police regional director Chief Supt. Reynaldo S. Rafal said the dummy grenade was discovered by Security Guard Rolando Reyes of the Aviation Security Group, around 1:45 p.m. Tuesday at the airport’s main building entrance and exit area. Rafal said Reyes immediately called the Explosive and Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team of Surigao City Police Station upon finding the suspicious package. An investigation showed that Reyes found a package with a device that resembled a grenade. However, after members of the EOD team exploded the package, they found out that it contained a fake grenade made from clay. Rafal said the incident caused panic and commotion by some passengers and personnel at the airport. Ordering the police to hunt the one who planted the package, Rafal said, “I will not tolerate such act of sowing tension and terror to our people especially in vital installation like airport , we will make sure somebody must have to pay the price of this foolishness." — with a report by Ben Serrano/VVP/LBG, GMA News