Grenade attacks in Mindanao leave 8 wounded

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Two grenade attacks in Kabacan, North Cotabato left eight persons injured on Saturday, said police.

The first grenade that exploded near Kabacan public market at 6:30 p.m. injured five persons, in which two are minors. The victims were Johainna Pops Alon, 17; Berlie Baluyot, 46; Gerardo Moya, 48; John Clark Opena, 13, and Rosalie Parenas, 36. All of the victims are residents of Poblacion Cabacan.

North Cotabato police spokesperson Supt. Bernard Tayong, in a statement released to Inquirer.net, said that a hand grenade was thrown at the corner of Malvar Street and Rizal Avenue by two men riding a motorcycle. The suspects then drove to Barangay Kagaya, said Tayong in the same report.

The second attack occurred an hour later when two men also riding a motorcycle threw another hand grenade at two vehicles parked at the corner of Rosales Street and Sinsuat Avenue.

Two military men, Pfc. Romer Agustin, 25, and Pfc. Noel Ganab, and Mohaimen Biron, 21 were wounded. Agustin and Ganab are members of the Army Special Forces Battalion.

Just yesterday, another explosion occurred in Mindanao. A fragmentation grenade exploded in Barangay Poblacion, Kidapawan City at 7:30 p.m. No one was injured but the explosion frightened residents and students of University of Southern Mindanao (USM) who were around the site when a grenade set off.