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Grenade blast hits Basilan

Dennis Carcamo - The Philippine Star
November 13, 2014 | 9:41am

MANILA, Philippines -  An explosion rocked Basilan province, Wednesday night after a man hurled a grenade at a copra warehouse.

No one was hurt during the blast.

A report from the Philippine Army's 104th brigade said an unidentified man lobbed the grenade at aroubd 7p.m. as he was passing by the copra warehouse, owned by Efren Yu, along Quezon Boulevard in Barangay Matatag, Lamitan City.
 
Yu received no death threat from anyone prior the incident, the report said. 

Authorities have yet to determine the motive behind the attack.
 

BARANGAY MATATAG

BASILAN

COPRA

EFREN YU

GRENADE

LAMITAN CITY

MAN

PHILIPPINE ARMY

QUEZON BOULEVARD

YU
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