Leyte bombing drug related, says Duterte | Inquirer News

Leyte bombing drug related, says Duterte

/ 05:46 PM December 29, 2016

Leyte bombing victims at ER of local hospital--contributed photo--dec. 28, 2016

Victims of the Dec. 28 bombing at the Hilongos town plaza in Leyte are being treated at a local hospital. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

President Rodrigo Duterte has said that the bombing in Leyte on Wednesday night is drug related and involves Moro people.

“(It is) drug-related, and involving Moro people,” he said in an interview with ANC on Thursday.

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He said the bombing at the Hilongos town plaza could not be the doing of the New People’s Army (NPA), saying the group did not have a record of attacking innocent people, and because there was an ongoing ceasefire between the government and the communists.

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Ang NPA, wala silang record na magtapon ng granada sa mga taong inosente (The NPA has no record of lobbing a grenade at innocent people); it has nothing to do with the left or communists,” he said.

Two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were found used in the bombing that injured 33 people.

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READ: 2 IEDs exploded at Leyte town plaza; 33 hurt–police

Duterte said he would be visiting Leyte on Friday before flying to Davao City.

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TAGS: Ceasefire, Drugs, Hilongos, Leyte bombing, NPA

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