At least 10 people were killed in a powerful blast that ripped through a night market in Davao City on Friday evening. KARLOS MANLUPIG/INQUIRER MINDANAO
DAVAO CITY, Philippines—Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte said he saw five females and five males as among those killed in the explosion in a night market here Friday night.
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“Three of them were wearing massage therapist uniforms,” Duterte said.
But the vice mayor said they could still not identify what caused the blast.
“Initially, ang sabi LPG. Kailangan pa i-confirm yan. Wala pa sinasabi ang bomb squad and EOD,” he said.
(They say [the cause] is LPG. It needs to be confirmed. The bomb squad and EOD [have yet to issue a statement].”
Hundreds of people go to the night market which features street food, massage and rows of ukay-ukay stalls.
The explosion happened some 100 meters away from the Ateneo de Davao University. TVJ