2 hurt in grenade blast

CATBALOGAN CITY , Philippines  – Two persons were wounded in grenade explosions in this city yesterday.

The first explosion occurred in Barangay Canlapwas at around 1:30 a.m. The victims, identified as Faith Rosales, 17, and BJ Gacuma Bernate, 6, were brought to the Samar Provincial Hospital for treatment.

A vehicle and a house owned by Lucio Pacle were damaged in the explosion that ripped through a residential area in Barangay Silanga around 20 minutes after the first incident.

Witnesses said motorcycle-riding men wearing bonnets and black jackets hurled the grenades.