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Bloody Friday
By gabby | October 19, 2007
A friend of mine happens to keep me updated with the recent bombing in Glorietta 2.
Initially, it was reported as an ‘LPG explosion’ but police authority confirmed that it was a bomb. The blast which hit the first level of Glorietta 2 shopping center leaves (as of this writing) 5 people killed and at least 40 injured.
Here’s the full news from GMANews.TV
At least six people were killed while at least 47 others were hospitalized after an explosion of still undetermined origin rocked a Makati City shopping mall at about 1:30 p.m. Friday.
The police on site had earlier traced the blast to an LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) tank but Director Gen. Avelino Razon Jr, PNP chief, said that an assessment by ground commanders showed that what exploded could be “a bomb.”
“Sa assessment ng ground commander, hindi LPG.Hindi pa natin masabi – it could be a bomb, pero wala pa kaming ebidensiya,” Razon said.
Police Director Geary Barias, chief of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), said initial information showed that the explosion emanated from the Luk Yuen Noodle House at the first level of the Glorietta 2 shopping mall.
He said it was apparently an “accidental explosion” of a liquefied petroleum gas tank, but added that “we are still verifying it.”
Barias said the PNP Bomb Data Center has sent a team to the site to inspect the area.
Asked if the incident was connected to any terrorist activity, Barias said that, “di pa malaman ang koneksyon nito, pero initial info namin is LPG blast (We still don’t know if it’s connected, but our initial information is it’s an LPG blast).”
However, dzBB radio quoted shopping mall security guards as saying that the blast actually emanated from a nearby delivery area.
The bridge way which connects Glorietta 2 to the Park Square shopping mall sustained heavy damage, the report said.
The Luk Yuen restaurant, which is situated near the Park Square bus and jeepney terminal, was hit by fire in September last year.
Metro Manila police spokesman Supt. Rodel Sermonia said the three fatalities were killed on the spot.
“Initial reports show we have three dead on the spot and several wounded. We don’t have the exact number of wounded people,” he told dzBB radio.
However, radio dzBB reported a fourth fatality but the information could not be immediately confirmed.
Radio dzMM said three of fatalities were a male and two females
More on these at http://www.gmanews.tv/story/65096/Makati-mall-blast-kills-4-top-cop-says-not-LPG-but-a-bomb
Pictures from these source: http://disneycute.multiply.com/photos/album/25/Glorietta_2_Bombing
*sigh*
Bloody Friday. Indeed.
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