Philippines
Grenade Kills Two in Iligan
Looks like it’s bomb weekend in the Philippines. Twenty-nine hours after a C-4 explosive kills nine in the capital, a grenade kills two in the provinces.
National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales on Saturday said the deadly blast at Glorietta 2 mall appeared to be “a sample” as he warned of more attacks in key cities in the country.
Hours after Gonzales’s warning, an explosion rocked Iligan City early Saturday evening and at least two people were reportedly killed.
The blast that occurred around 6:30 p.m. at a political meeting in Digkilaan, Iligan City, was reportedly caused by a grenade.
”What is more ominous here is they may be planning a bigger attack,” Gonzales said on Vice President Noli de Castro’s weekly radio program Saturday.
”They will first show a sample. That means that while the bomb yesterday (Friday) already was powerful, it is still just a sample,” Gonzales said.
Uncannily accurate, that Gonzales guy.
Glorietta Bombing: Names of the Dead
Here are the names of the nine people killed in the Glorietta bombing:
Anthony Arroyo
Cesar Niño Vidano
Maria Celeste Domingo Cruz
Jee Ann De Gracia
Lester Allan Peregrina
Liza Enriquez
Jose Allen de Jesus
Janine Marcos
Reinier Tan
David Enriquez
There’s one more person who should be on this list. One of the victims was pregnant.
Taxi driver Mario Em said he had just dropped off two female passengers at the mall when the blast hurled the two women against his vehicle, killing them instantly.
He said he pulled one of the victims, who was pregnant, from underneath his car.
Please observe a moment of silence for the victims and their families. After that, get angry, because you damn well should be.
(List via Wikipedia.)
