ZAMBOANGA CITY, (PNA) -– A dynamite explosion has disrupted but failed to stop the canvassing of votes in one of the 26 barangays in Pagadian City, the capital of Zamboanga del Sur province.
Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) information officer Chief Insp. Ariel Huesca said the incident happened around 7:15 p.m. Monday in Barangay White Beach, Pagadian City.
However, Huesca said no one was either killed or injured in the dynamite explosion at a swampy area some 60 meters away from the White Beach Elementary School.
Huesca said the explosion occurred while the canvassing of the ballots was ongoing.
He said the canvassing of ballots was stopped but continued around 9 p.m. after assessment made by the Pagadian City police officer-in-charge Supt. Glenn Macario Dulawan.
He said the Pagadian City police theorized that the incident could be the handiwork of a losing candidate with the purpose to disrupt the conduct of the canvassing.
He said investigation is underway to unmask the culprit of the incident.