Manila, September 17: A grenade blast has claimed the lives of two people and left 15 others injured at a carnival on an island in southern Philippines.
The explosion took place on Wednesday evening at around 23:40 Wednesday local time (1540 GMT) in the village of Tuing Puti in Luuk town, Jolo island, which lies 1,000 kilometers south of capital Manila, the regional military spokesman Major David Hontiveros, said on Thursday.
He added that the injured suffered shrapnel wounds and were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.
“The motive of the attack is yet to be determined,” Hontiveros said.
—–Agencies