Grenade blast rocks Baguio's Panagbenga celebration, hurts 3

From InterAksyon (Feb 24): Grenade blast rocks Baguio's Panagbenga celebration, hurts 3

A grenade explosion rocked Baguio City early Sunday at the height of the celebration of the annual Panagbenga or flower festival.

Senior Inspector Virgilio Hidalgo, police spokesman, said the explosion occurred at the office of the Baguio City Volunteers Against Crime located at the basement of the Melvin Jones Grandstand in Burnham Park.

Unidentified suspects lobbed a grenade shortly before 7 a.m., wounding three.
In a radio interview, Chief Superintendent Benjamin Magalong, Cordillera police chief, identified the victims as Jenard Palomique, Joseph Espadz, and security guard Gilbert Salvador. Police said the three only suffered minor injuries.

The explosion occurred hours before the "grand float parade" of the Panagbenga Festival. Magalong said the office had received threats due to its anti-crime campaign.

Magalong assured tourists that the explosion would not hamper peaceful celebrations of the Panagbenga festival.

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