At least 12 people died in an explosion at a night market in
Davao City
late Friday evening, Davao
“As of this time, the situation is very fluid but I can give
you (a) report now that 10 are dead on spot, and 24 are injured in the
hospital, and another two are dead at the Southern Philippines Medical Center,”
Gaerlan said in the interview.
Gaerlan also said most of the casualties are adults. “The 10
are 5 males and 5 females, all of them are adults and (at) the hospitals mostly
adults. I have not heard any reports yet on minors being treated.”
He declined to speculate about what caused the blast.
“Well as of this time, we do not want to speculate. But we
are conducting our investigation gathering evidence of this time as you can see
our post blast investigators are still in the area, sifting through the debris
what possibly could have caused the explosion,” the Davao regional police chief
said.
He also said the police are working with the Armed Forces of
the Philippines (AFP) to secure Davao
City
“We also ask the people to be vigilant because, you know,
there could be possible attacks if any of this is coming from any group of
persons, any particular group of persons. So, it’s better to be more vigilant
so that we can help the police but please we are calling the people not to
spread any rumors or any unconfirmed reports,” Gaerlan added.
In his earlier statement about the “explosion of still
unverified cause”, Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella said, “...it is best
that the populace refrain from reckless speculation and avoid crowded places.”
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=919697
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