MANILA: At least eight people were killed and more than 600 others were injured in bombings, firecrackers blasts and gunfire as the Philippines celebrated the coming of the new year Tuesday and early Wednesday, officials said.
The military and police said six of the dead were killed when a homemade bomb exploded at a kiosk in the southern town of Sumisip in Basilan island province during a New Year’s party late Tuesday.
Ten others wounded, said Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesman Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala.
Zagala said the motive was still unknown.
Hours earlier in Cotabato province’s Carmen township also in the south, a motorcycle-riding assailant hurled a grenade outside a Protestant church wounding a mother, her three children and another girl, police said. Police said three men on two motorcycles were seen speeding away.
Capt. Antonio Bulao, a local army spokesman, said the assailants may have planned to attack a local police outpost but decided to throw the grenade at a weaker target.
At least two others who were reported killed during the revelry were from the northern part of the country.
In northern province of Cagayan, a fireworks fountain display packed with firecrackers exploded and killed a 19-year-old man, while an infant boy was killed by a bullet that went through the roof of the family’s house in Ilocos Sur province
The military and police said six of the dead were killed when a homemade bomb exploded at a kiosk in the southern town of Sumisip in Basilan island province during a New Year’s party late Tuesday.
Ten others wounded, said Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesman Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala.
Zagala said the motive was still unknown.
Hours earlier in Cotabato province’s Carmen township also in the south, a motorcycle-riding assailant hurled a grenade outside a Protestant church wounding a mother, her three children and another girl, police said. Police said three men on two motorcycles were seen speeding away.
Capt. Antonio Bulao, a local army spokesman, said the assailants may have planned to attack a local police outpost but decided to throw the grenade at a weaker target.
At least two others who were reported killed during the revelry were from the northern part of the country.
In northern province of Cagayan, a fireworks fountain display packed with firecrackers exploded and killed a 19-year-old man, while an infant boy was killed by a bullet that went through the roof of the family’s house in Ilocos Sur province
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