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Grenades recovered near mayor’s office

John Unson - The Philippine Star
September 17, 2019 | 12:00am

COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Two fragmentation grenades and a 40 millimeter projectile were recovered near an unfinished children’s park in this city yesterday.

Passersby spotted the explosives only a few meters away from the People’s Palace, where the office of Mayor Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi is located.

Police have yet to determine who left the explosives, which were detonated by Army and police bomb experts.

Sayadi directed barangay officials to help in the investigation.

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