Thursday, February 28, 2008

Two hurt in vintage bomb blast in Bacolod City

By Ronron
February 28, 2008

Two persons were injured in an explosion Thursday morning in Bacolod City, police said.

The victims were workers of a machine shop at Barangay Singcang in said city were the blast happened at around 9:30 am.

One of the victims allegedly attempted to cut off a metallic tube using acetylene, without knowing that it contained a suspected 75 mm mortar.

It was not yet known if the suspected vintage bomb was newly acquired by the shop or had been there long before yesterday.

The victims were brought to a hospital in the city where they remain confined for medical treatment./DMS

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