Zambo bomb blast fatality a witness of previous bombing incident

From the Philippine News Agency (Jul 25): Zambo bomb blast fatality a witness of previous bombing incident

A top police official disclosed that the lone fatality in Thursday night’s bomb explosion was the main target of the bombing suspects.

Sr. Supt. Angelito Casimiro, Zamboanga City police director, made this revelation Saturday citing the lone fatality, who is a massage therapist, is a witness of the case they filed against the suspects behind a previous bombing incident here.

The fatality, Geraldine Miguel, was killed while 10 others were wounded when a bomb exploded around 9:47 p.m. Thursday at the Manly KTV bar and massage parlor at the junction of San Jose road and Melanio Calixto street in Barangay Zone II, this city.

Miguel expired while under medical treatment at the hospital.

Casimiro said Miguel was one of the witnesses in the Nov. 9, 2014 bombing of Deluxe massage parlor and videoke bar along Tomas Claudio Street downtown.

The Nov. 9 bomb explosion injured a policeman assigned with the explosive ordnance demolition (EOD) and “Diego,” the bomb-sniffing dog.

Casimiro said the bomb that exploded Thursday night was cellular phone-triggered ammonium nitrate fuel oil (ANFO) explosive.

The bomb explosion have destroyed the Manly KTV bar and massage parlor.

Casimiro said that investigation continues in a bid to establish the identities of the suspects on Thursday night.

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