{"id":101409,"date":"2017-05-08T19:31:41","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T23:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=101409"},"modified":"2017-05-08T19:31:41","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T23:31:41","slug":"series-of-quiapo-blasts-case-solved-mpd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/08\/series-of-quiapo-blasts-case-solved-mpd\/","title":{"rendered":"Series of Quiapo blasts case &#8216;solved&#8217; \u2013MPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_101410\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101410\" style=\"width: 99px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/PNP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-101410\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/PNP.jpg\" alt=\"The MPD chief also dismissed fears that the bombing was a handiwork of international terrorist group ISIS.  (Photo: Philippine News Agency)\" width=\"99\" height=\"131\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-101410\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The MPD chief also dismissed fears that the bombing was a handiwork of international terrorist group ISIS. (Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pna.gov.ph\">Philippine News Agency<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2013The Manila Police District (MPD) on Monday boasted that the case of a series of explosions in Quiapo, Manila, including the twin blasts which claimed the lives of two individuals and injured six others last Saturday night, is now &#8220;solved&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This after one of the suspects has been arrested and the other suspects have been identified.<\/p>\n<p>MPD director Chief Supt. Joel Coronel on Monday reported that they now have a suspect who was identified as Abel Macaraya.<\/p>\n<p>Macaraya, a suspect in the Quiapo bombing that happened a day before the 30th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City, was presented to the members of media in a press conference on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>However, during the same press conference, Macaraya vehemently denied that he is a member of any terrorist group, especially the ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria).<\/p>\n<p>The MPD chief also dismissed fears that the bombing was a handiwork of international terrorist group ISIS.<\/p>\n<p>Coronel also reiterated that the twin blasts in Quiapo, Manila was just a problem of some residents living in the area.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, he said, they have identified the names of two of the other suspects as Raymond Mendoza and a certain Ali Moro.<\/p>\n<p>Coronel admitted that although the case is already &#8220;solved&#8221;, it cannot be considered as &#8220;closed&#8221; until such time that all the suspects behind the twin blasts are arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Before the twin blasts last Saturday night, 14 individuals were injured in an explosion in Quiapo, Manila last April 28, which was caused by an alleged &#8220;gang war&#8221; in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2013The Manila Police District (MPD) on Monday boasted that the case of a series of explosions in Quiapo, Manila, including &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":101410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[15419,18641,18529],"class_list":["post-101409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-case-solved","tag-manila-police-district","tag-quiapo-blast","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}