(3RD UPDATE) A second explosion takes place near the first blast site, less than two hours later
Authorities check out the site in Quiapo where an explosion occured at around 5:55 pm on May 6. Photo by Inoue Jaena/Rappler
(3RD UPDATE) – Two people were killed and 6 others injured in two explosions in Quiapo, Manila, on Saturday, May 6.
The first blast happened along Norzagaray Street corner Elizondo Street in Santa Cruz, Manila, near the Manila Golden Mosque at 5:55 pm on Saturday, killing two people and hurting 4 others, police said.
A second explosion happened near the first blast site, less than two hours later. ABS-CBN reported that a member each of the Explosives Ordinance Disposal and the Scene of the Crime Operatives teams, who were securing the first blast site, were hurt in the second explosion.
According to Philippine National Police National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) spokesperson Major Kimberly Molitas, the victims have already been rushed to the hospital.
Explosive ordinance disposal teams were deployed to secure the Islamic Center in Quiapo and investigate the cause of the blast.
NCRPO chief Director Oscar Albayalde, meanwhile, said the explosion might have been caused by a homemade bomb.
Authorities are currently checking if the said blast is connected to an earlier explosion in Quiapo on April 28 that injured at least 14 people. (READ: Quiapo blast victim loses leg, alone in hospital)
Police said that a pipe bomb caused the April 28 blast, and insisted it was not a terrorism incident related to the gathering of political leaders. Manila was hosting the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Related Meetings when that blast happened.
Police did not immediately give any explanation for Saturday's explosion.
The police, however, are denying the blast had anything to do with the two explosions, which occurred in areas roughly one kilometer away from each other.
http://www.rappler.com/nation/169085-dead-injured-quiapo-blast
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