Politician’s house in Zamboanga bombed
Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2019 06:41:38 +0000
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A homemade bomb exploded at the house of a village official in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines, but there were no reports of casualties, police said on Wednesday.
Police said the blast damaged the porch of the house of Henry Gregorio, a village councilor in Tagasilay. The bomb exploded at around 2:50 a.m. of Tuesday, according to Chief Insp. Helen Galvez, a regional police spokeswoman.
“The porch of the house was partially damaged due to the explosion. No casualties were reported,” Galvez said.
Gregorio told police investigators that an unidentified man went to his place recently and asked about his identity and then left the place. It was unknown whether the man was a suspect in the bombing or not.
Galvez said police recovered some debris from the area and were investigating the blast. “Members of the Explosive Ordnance Division who responded to the blast are conducting an investigation. They took some debris in the blast site for laboratory examination,” she said.
The motive of the bombing was unknown and police were looking into a grudge as one of its motives for the attack.
Mayor Beng Climaco ordered authorities to tighten security here following a deadly bombing on New Year’s Eve outside the South Seas Mall in Cotabato City. Two persons were killed and 47 others wounded in the powerful blast blamed by the police and military to pro-IS militants. AL JACINTO
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