Blast hits Maguindanao town
MAGUINDANAO, Philippines – A grenade explosion rocked a residential area in Datu Odin Sinsuat town here Sunday night.
No one was killed in the blast, which occurred near a chapel in a park in Tamontaka district, town police chief Senior Inspector Datutulon Pinguiaman said.
He said witnesses saw one of three motorcycle-riding men lob a grenade several meters from the gate of the park. The men then fled toward Cotabato City, Pinguiaman said.
Bomb experts found fragments of a Belgian grenade at the blast scene.
Investigators have yet to identify the perpetrators and the motive for the bombing.
Last Friday, a grenade also exploded at a metal shop in Makilala town in North Cotabato. Investigators said motorcycle-riding men were responsible for the bombing.
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