An improvised bomb found today in a trash bin near the US Embassy and detonated by police has the same design as one used by local sympathisers of the Islamic State group in a September 2 bomb attack that
killed 15 people in southern Davao city, the Philippine police chief said.
National police chief Director-General Ronald dela Rosa told a news conference that police are theorizing that Maute militants could be behind Monday’s “attempted act of terrorism” that appeared to target the US Embassy.