Blast rocks Lanao del Sur town mayor’s residence

COTABATO CITY, Philippines — A grenade explosion rocked the residential compound of newly elected mayor Amanoden Ducol of Pualas, Lanao del Sur on Friday.

Col. Christopher Panapan, Lanao del Sur police director, said no one was hurt in the attack, but the blast triggered panic among villagers in Barangay Danugan.

Ducol and his relatives said they are certain the bombing was politically motivated.

Witnesses said two men, who remained unidentified, were behind the explosion, believed to be a grenade attack.