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« on: Oct 19^th, 2007, 8:17am »

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Mall bomb blast kills 8, hurts more than 100

By Thea Alberto
Agence France-Presse, INQUIRER.net
Last updated 08:53pm (Mla time) 10/19/2007

MANILA, Philippines -- The explosion that ripped through the Glorietta 2 Mall in Makati City early Friday afternoon, killing eight people and wounding more than a hundred others was caused by a hard explosive, mostly likely TNT or the military ordnance C4, police said.

Chief Inspector Raynold Rosero of the Philippine Bomb Data Center said the explosive went off near an escalator and could have been exacerbated by liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanks in nearby restaurants.

"We've submitted the evidence to the crime lab for chemical analysis and we saw that near the scene of [the] explosion were establishments with LPG," he said.

Rosero said they have yet to determine whether the explosion was set off by a timer or triggered remotely by cellular phone, the signature attack of the Al-Qaeda linked Southeast Asian terror network Jemaah Islamiyah and the local Abu Sayyaf.

He described the explosion as "most likely a deliberate attack."

Philippine National Police Director General Avelino Razon and Alfonso Reyes, spokesman of Ayala Corp., which operates the Glorieta 2 Mall where the explosion occurred at around 1:40 p.m., said eight people had been killed.

Makati Councilor JunJun Binay, who has been providing regular updates on the situation, said the injury count had climbed to at least 126 -- 98 of these needing hospitalization and 28 other victims given first aid at the blast site for minor injuries.

Of the injured, Binay said, three are listed in critical condition and in the Intensive Care Unit of the Makati Medical Center. At least one other victim is undergoing surgery as of this posting.

Binay also said at least one of the dead was a Korean.

A partial list of the injured at the Makati Medical Center (see list at end of article) showed another Korean and a Chinese national were among the injured.

Police investigators at the scene of the explosion identified four of the dead as Liza Marquez, Jose Allan de Jesus, Lester Peregrina and nursing student Janine Marcos. All died of shrapnel injuries. Another fatality was later identified as Maureen De Leon.

At an earlier press briefing carried live by radio and television, Dr. Ernesto Santos of the Makati Medical Center said the four fatalities were dead on arrival and at least two of the wounded were critical.

Santos said the other casualties all suffered blast injuries.

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Re: Mall Bomb Blast in Makati kills 8, wounds more
« Reply #1 on: Oct 19^th, 2007, 3:23pm »

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I am pissed off at these terrorists!!! Angry

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« Reply #2 on: Oct 19^th, 2007, 3:29pm »

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can't we all just be friends and have a cookie?

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Re: Mall Bomb Blast in Makati kills 8, wounds more
« Reply #3 on: Oct 19^th, 2007, 7:07pm »

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Horrible...I hope none of our members and their loved ones are affected by this. I know we have some members that live there...

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« Reply #4 on: Oct 21^st, 2007, 11:19pm »

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the investigators have still not confirmed the cause of the explosion, but the latest that they are looking at is that this may not be caused by a bomb but instead a possible methane explosion... since the source looks like to come from a liquid disposal area...

the total casualties have also rose up to 11 people.... and 3 of them were ex-employees of our company...

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« Reply #5 on: Oct 22^nd, 2007, 7:11pm »

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Ex employees of the company you work for, or for the company that had the methane?

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« Reply #6 on: Oct 23^rd, 2007, 7:16am »

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three of them used to work with my company, Fujitsu Philippines... one of them was with us for about a decade and so many people from our company are saddened for the deaths...

I heard that they're just in that mall for lunch when it happened...

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Re: Mall Bomb Blast in Makati kills 8, wounds more
« Reply #7 on: Oct 23^rd, 2007, 7:19am »

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I nearly planned to go home at that time. I often switch transport modes at Glorietta 2. Fortunately, I went to a party that day instead and a contest tomorrow (we won!), so I was spared. I really feel sorry for the victims. And I thank God for guiding me safe. Cry

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« Reply #8 on: Oct 23^rd, 2007, 7:34am »

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yeah... we almost also went to Glorietta to have lunch... but instead thought of having our lunch to Greenbelt.. which is another mall complex adjacent to the Glorietta mall complex...

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« Reply #9 on: Oct 23^rd, 2007, 12:15pm »

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on Oct 23^rd, 2007, 7:19am, Raymond wrote:

on Oct 23^rd, 2007, 7:34am, Pau wrote:

yeah... we almost also went to Glorietta to have lunch... but instead thought of having our lunch to Greenbelt.. which is another mall complex adjacent to the Glorietta mall complex...

Thank God both of you are safe...

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« Reply #10 on: Oct 23^rd, 2007, 1:54pm »

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I'm sorry for your loss, Pau. Sad

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« Reply #11 on: Oct 23^rd, 2007, 5:11pm »

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This is terrible, I agree. Sad

Here are a few points I have to make, though.

1) They are now saying this was an accident... like the recent New York explosion. Either way, that's terrible too. But, it would be more reassuring for Filipinos if somebody was not out to blow them up. I don't know if it actually is an accident or not, we'll have to see.

2) I'm shocked (and thankful) this did not happen in Davao! Davao is supposedly the Muslim capital of the Philippines (and Muslim does not equal terrorist, I am well aware, but there are many radical Muslim groups around this area.) We had our airport waiting shed bombed a few years ago and we heard it from our house. That was the closest I've been to a bombing. This reasoning might be shaky, but I think if it really was a terrorist act, it would've been done in Mindanao somewhere, where all the terrorists are. That's why I'm kinda leaning toward the 'it was an accident' explanation even though it sounds pathetic and it still means somebody out there is an idiot.

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