{"id":238258,"date":"2019-11-24T05:30:17","date_gmt":"2019-11-24T10:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=238258"},"modified":"2019-11-24T05:30:17","modified_gmt":"2019-11-24T10:30:17","slug":"1-dead-3-hurt-in-mandaluyong-grenade-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/11\/24\/1-dead-3-hurt-in-mandaluyong-grenade-blast\/","title":{"rendered":"1 dead, 3 hurt in Mandaluyong grenade blast"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_238259\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-238259\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/mandaluyong-blast.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-238259\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/mandaluyong-blast.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/mandaluyong-blast.png 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/mandaluyong-blast-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-238259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: GRENADE BLAST. Operatives of the Eastern Police District conduct investigation following a grenade explosion that killed Roger Barcelo in Mandaluyong City on Sunday (Nov. 24, 2019). Three other people were hurt, according to the investigators. (Photo courtesy of EPD PIO via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; One person died while three others were hurt after a grenade planted under the motorcycle of a policeman fell off and exploded in Mandaluyong City, National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) on Sunday said.<\/p>\n<p>The fatality was identified was Roger Barcelo, 37, of Barangay Barangka Drive, Mandaluyong City while Rogelio Tolentino, 32; Merlina Bag-o, 52; and Edwin Rodas, 34, were rushed to Mandaluyong City Medical Center after sustaining shrapnel wounds caused by the explosion.<\/p>\n<p>Brig. Gen. Debold Sinas, NCRPO chief, said the incident took place on the south bound lane of Martinez St., in front of Botanical Garden, Mandaluyong City around 6:30 a.m. on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>S\/Sgt. Aldin Saligo was on his way to the Operations Office of Mandaluyong City Police Station when he heard that something fell off from his motorcycle.<\/p>\n<p>Saligo stopped about 10 meters and the grenade exploded, hitting the four persons, including Barcelo.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the incident, Saligo and other operatives of the drug enforcement unit of Mandaluyong City Police have received death threats, according to the investigators.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The investigation is still ongoing and the elements of Mandaluyong City Police Station are scrutinizing all information to ascertain the probe on this case,&#8221; Sinas said.<\/p>\n<p>Col. Remigio Sedanto, Mandaluyong police chief, said the attempt on Saligo\u2019s life may have been due to his work as anti-illegal drug operative.<\/p>\n<p>Sedanto said assistance will be extended to the victims and their families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; One person died while three others were hurt after a grenade planted under the motorcycle of a policeman fell &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":238259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-christopher-lloyd-caliwan","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238258","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238258"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238260,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238258\/revisions\/238260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}