An Army instructor was killed while nine trainees were
injured when a grenade “accidentally" exploded during an explosive
simulation exercise at an Army training facility here on Monday afternoon.
Supt. Romeo Galgo Jr., public information officer of the
Police Regional Office (PRO)-12, said Tuesday the grenade went off at around 4
p.m. inside the 12th Regional Community Defense Group Army Reserve Command
(RCDG-ARESCOM) camp at Asinan in Barangay Buayan here.
He said the Army trainees, who were composed of active
personnel and reservists, were having a simulation session as part their
explosive ordnance reconnaissance training when the grenade exploded.
“It was an accidental explosion. There was no foul play
involved,” he told PNA, citing results of their initial investigation.
He identified the fatality as Technical Sergeant (T/Sgt.)
Pableo Balansag, an instructor of the 12th RCDG-ARESCOM.
The injured trainees were identified as T/Sgts. Sergeant
Rolando Camoro and a certain Soriano; Staff Sgt. Norjan Salik; Corporals Jonard
Barlizo and Cpl. Michael Camus; Privates First Class Ramon Baylon and Basser
Lumanga; and, Privates Francisco Martinez and Jovito Besana.
Col. Faisal Nawang, 12th RCDG-ARESCOM group commander,
reiterated that the explosion was purely accidental.
He said the exercise was supposed to be a simulation and
they were later surprised to see blood on the hands of T/Sgt. Balansag after
the explosion.
“We’re still shocked and can’t believe that it actually
happened,” he said.
Galgo said the PRO-12 has sent a team to the Army training
camp to further investigate the incident.
He said Army officials and personnel of the 12th
RCDG-ARESCOM are cooperating in the investigation.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=920502
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