Grenade lobbed at Cotabato high school as BOL plebiscite starts

A grenade was lobbed at the entrance of a high school in Cotabato City on Monday just as the plebiscite for the Bangsamoro Organic Law started.

Operatives of the Philippine National Police-Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit quickly went to the Cotabato City National High School-Rojas Site in Bagua, Cotabato City to investigate.

Members of a bomb disposal team inspect a blast site at the entrance of the Cotabato City National High School-Rojas Site in Cotabato City on Monday, January 21, 2019, following a suspected grenade explosion ahead of the Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite. Ferdinandh Cabrera

The grenade was discovered by Marby Magbanua 100 meters away from the school, according to a report on GMA News TV's Balitanghali by Ian Cruz.

The EOD personnel were able to detonate the grenade.

Despite the bomb threat, voters continued to flock to the polling precincts in the school to cast their votes for the BOL plebiscite.

Despite a bomb threat, Cotabato City residents on Monday, January 21, 2019 are not cowed by any distractions as they search for their names before voting at the Cotabato City National High School-Rojas Site on the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law. Ferdinandh Cabrera

On Sunday night, the eve of the plebiscite, two motorcycle-riding suspects lobbed grenades at the house of a Cotabato City judge. No one was hurt in the incident.

—Ferdinandh Cabrera/KG, GMA News