Bomb blast fails to spoil Kalilangan Festivities
A BOMB blast rocked the crowd of people celebrating the culminating activities of Kalilangan Festival, GenSan’s 69th Foundation Anniversary of at the Oval Plaza, General Santos City, 10:45 last night, Feb 27, 2008, leaving one dead and six injured.
The only fatality was reportedly the suspected bomber.
He was identified by the local authorities as Glenn Octaviano, 27, a resident of nearby city, Koronadal.
The other six injured were Mario Abasilan, Arnel Tinaco, Noel Navarro, Randy Cuevas, Benjie Querin, and Melvin Saranillo.
After the explosion, the festivities continued.
It is a question how the bomber was able to pass through the tight security in the vicinity.
A co-teacher says that everyone who enters the Oval Plaza was frisked by City Security Officers.
The Kalilangan bombing is the second to have occured in GenSan in the first quarter of this year; the other being the blast at the PhilBest Canning Site on January 30, which left 4 people dead.
Although investigations still continue, extorsion is a likely motive of both events that authorities are looking into.
With info from INQUIRER.net
February 29th, 2008 at 1:58 am
some people who have witnessed the explosion told me that it could not be a bomb…it must be a grenade, they said.
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March 6th, 2008 at 4:04 am
Sir Aryel,
It was not a bomb but a grenade which exploded that night. For the PNP REPORT, please click HERE. Thanks and welcome back. Kape tayo weekend.
Bariles
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March 6th, 2008 at 5:12 am
yeah…thanks. I’ve read that post by you. I was not just able to make anothe rpost to clarify it. Thanks for the invite. I was actually planning to go down to gensan and have a break after a very busy week.
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