Grenade blast rocks Tondo police station

A police official checks the scene of a grenade explosion in front of the Raxabago police station in Tondo, Manila Monday night. BERNARDO BATUIGAS

MANILA, Philippines - A grenade exploded at the Raxabago police station in Tondo, Manila Monday night.

No one was harmed but the blast damaged a motorcycle.

Station commander Superintendent Virgilio Viloria said two unidentified assailants wearing black helmets and riding a black motorcycle lobbed the grenade at the station at around 10:15 p.m.

The suspects fled toward Road 10.

Monday’s blast was not the first in Raxabago station – last April a grenade was thrown in front of the station.

No one was hurt in the explosion but a motorcycle and a car were destroyed. Alfredo Roy Elgrico, 21, and Jay-R Castolome, 31, were arrested in a follow-up operation.

On March 20, a man lobbed a grenade at the Smokey Mountain police precinct, wounding three persons.           

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