MANILA, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Philippine coast guard found twelve bottles of home-made bombs hidden in the bathroom of a ferry docked in a northern port, the authorities said Sunday.
The explosives were discovered by police dogs as the boat -- MVBlue Water Princess -- was ready to sail out of the Lucena city in Quezon province Saturday afternoon. About 300 passengers were on board, the Philippine coast guard field commander Gregorio Adel Jr.told local media.
Nails and metals were found stuffed in the bottles, with twelve blasting caps, electrical wiring connected to an improvised detonator, the report said.
The foiled terrorist attack came one day before the President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo delivered her annual State of the Nation Address at the Congress. Security forces earlier said they received reliable information indicating that militant groups are planning attacks to spoil the event.
The Abu Sayyaf group, composed of roughly 300 Muslim extremists, bombed a packed ferry in Manila Bay in 2004, killing 116 people and wounding 300 others. The group was listed by Washington as a foreign terrorist organization, but investigators have yet named a suspect for Saturday's foiled ferry bombing.
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