MATALAM, North Cotabato -- Three persons were hurt before dawn Tuesday at a funeral
parlor along Barangay Kibudoc here.
Chief Insp. Sonny Leoncito, town police chief, identified
the victims as Jeffrey Onoc; 23, Bernie Cristobal, 34; and Benito Samillano,
49; all local residents.
Leoncito said the victims were at the wake of a relative
inside the Collado Funeral Home situated along the area around 1 a.m. when a
lone attacker rolled a fragmentation grenade towards them.
The blast inflicted serious injuries to the victims who were
immediately brought to the hospital.
Leoncito described the incident as an “isolated case” amid rumors
of a terroristic attack perpetrated towards this town.
"The victims had a quarrel with another group a few
hours before the grenade-throwing incident that is why we are eyeing personal
grudge as motive behind the attack,” he said.
Leoncito said his men are still tracking down the group
behind the attack who had fled following the incident.
On Dec. 4, four persons were also hurt in a grenade attack
at the town proper here.
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