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Unattended box causes brief bomb scare at Manila bridge

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Manila Police District" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/12/07/20231207-authorities-check-an-unattended-box-via-mpd.jpg"/><figcaption>Authorities check an unattended box at the Ayala Bridge. <em>Manila Police District</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — An unattended box triggered a brief bomb scare at the Ayala Bridge in Ermita, Manila on Thursday afternoon. </p><p>A concerned citizen reported the 12 by 10-inch box to a traffic enforcer, who called policemen to the area at around 1:40 p.m.</p><p>After about 15 minutes, authorities said the box had no explosives or hazardous materials. </p><p>It contained used clothes and a dead dog, the Manila Police District said. </p><p>The Philippine National Police earlier in the day said it monitored a number of bomb threats sent via email following Sunday’s deadly bombing of a Catholic mass at the Mindanao State University in Marawi.</p><p>“Noong isang araw ay sunod-sunod ang bomb threat na naitala natin at yan naman po ay nirespondehan agad ng PNP at nakikiusap tayo sa ating mga kababayan na mag-ingat tayo sa mga tinatanggap na email dahil itong mga bomb threat na ito ay ini-course through the email,” PNP spokesman Col. Jean Fajardo said. </p><p>At least four people died and around 50 others were injured in the Marawi bomb attack last weekend.</p><p>The blast from an improvised explosive device could have been a revenge attack for government operations against three Islamist militant groups -- Dawlah Islamiyah-Philippines, Abu Sayyaf and Maute -- in western Mindanao in recent days, the military earlier said. </p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wLij2NmuaX4?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/h1-kOP_WqBw?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><div><strong>— With reports from Robert Mano, ABS-CBN News; Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

An unattended box triggered a brief bomb scare at the Ayala Bridge in Ermita, Manila on Thursday afternoon. 