A 500-pound general purpose bomb that was dropped but did not explode in Marawi City’s Ground Zero during the 2017 war between government forces and the IS-inspired Maute Group was detonated by the Philippine Army’s Explosive Ordnance disposal team at 10:16 a.

m. on Saturday, October 26, 2019, after a siren was sounded to warn residents. Residents had earlier been informed not to panic if they hear an explosion.

MindaNews photo by RICHEL V. UMEL