DAY 13. Another
explosion hits the city. Photo by Richard Facaltan/Rappler
An explosion hit a residential area near Alta Mall in Zamboanga City on the 13th day of the security crisis.
The suspected mortar explosion happened in Atilano compound in the village of Tetuan, near the 3-hectare Alta Mall and the regional building of state-run pension fund Social Security System (SSS) east of the city.
It killed one resident, a volunteer who attends to evacuees.
"We just woke up and were starting to prepare for breakfast. When I opened the refrigerator there was an explosion. I thought it was the power plug. [My mother] was near the door," the daughter of the elderly woman who was killed said in Filipino.
"They are one of the volunteers who give food to the evacuees," a local police officer told reporters.
Zamboanga City has been in a conflict for almost two weeks, after rebels from the Moro National Liberation Front initially seized 4 barangays and have since been fighting it out with government forces.
THE BUILDING. The
explosion hit a residential area near mall. Photo by Carmela Fonbuena/Rappler
MORNING BLAST.
Residents were preparing for breakfast before the explosion happened. Photo by
Richard Facaltan/Rappler
MORTAR? The
explosion was reportedly caused by a mortar. Photo by Richard Facaltan/Rappler
http://www.rappler.com/nation/39467-zamboanga-explosion-near-mall-day-13
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