Doomed Friday: Explosion ripped through the Glorietta 2 Mall in Makati City
This was swiped from the Inquirer and Bluepanjeet with photos.
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.
Prayers to those who losts their lives and for the many injured.
I WILL CRY OUT TO GOD MOST HIGH, TO GOD WHO PERFORMS ALL THINGS FOR ME. HE SHALL SEND FROM HEAVEN AND SAVE ME. ( PSALM 57:2-3 )
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hi K, sad
but i still believe the world is a beautigul place. am sharing a time of silence and prayers for the those greatly affected by this..
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my sister was actually in greenbelt at the time this happened. its a sad day for the family of those who passed away or were injured, but i’m just thankful that she was at the right place at the wrong time.
Just plain sad and disappointing.
K… its very sad indeed… the thing that made me teary eyed is the fact that anybody could be the victims… what would I feel if it were my family and friends? It is already worse if this was a terrorist attack, and much worse if this is just a politically motivated bombing… I’m so angry.. there were children who were wounded.. these victims were just passing by or just spending time with their love ones. I can’t express the evil of the people behind these attack.
A day before the deadly explosion, my sister was right there on Glorietta 2. She was cajoling his husband to go back to the place to watch a Mango fashion event. Good thing their supposed malling was stalled, or else…
Grabe na talaga. As if there’s no longer a safe place on earth, maski sa kabukidan sa Catanduanes, delikado ta baka you might get caught in the crossfire of govt military and its kalaban na group.
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naku nakakatakot talaga. yung cousin ko every friday dun naglu-lunch buti na lang that day hindi sila nagpunta …. im referring to ABI. *sigh*
Oh it’s so sad to see the pictures of Glorietta now. Hang out ko pa naman yun all those years that I worked in Makati. I pray for all the victims…
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