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Twin blasts rock Cotabato City, Maguindanao ahead of midterm vote
Twin blasts rock Cotabato City, Maguindanao ahead of midterm vote
ABS-CBN News
Published May 13, 2019 06:44 AM PHT
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Updated May 13, 2019 07:50 AM PHT
2 pagsabog ang naitala ilang oras bago ang #Halalan2019 sa Cotabato City. Narito ang update mula kay Lore Mae Andong. pic.twitter.com/DTU1cw2thN
— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) May 12, 2019
2 pagsabog ang naitala ilang oras bago ang #Halalan2019 sa Cotabato City. Narito ang update mula kay Lore Mae Andong. pic.twitter.com/DTU1cw2thN
— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) May 12, 2019
MANILA - Two explosions rocked the southern city of Cotabato and neighboring Maguindanao province hours before polls opened for Monday's midterm polls.
MANILA - Two explosions rocked the southern city of Cotabato and neighboring Maguindanao province hours before polls opened for Monday's midterm polls.
A 40 mm grenade ripped through a children's park outside the city hall in Barangay Mother Rosary Heights, Cotabato City around 10 p.m. Sunday, police said.
A 40 mm grenade ripped through a children's park outside the city hall in Barangay Mother Rosary Heights, Cotabato City around 10 p.m. Sunday, police said.
Around 1 a.m. Monday, a fragmentation grenade exploded near the municipal hall in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao.
Around 1 a.m. Monday, a fragmentation grenade exploded near the municipal hall in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao.
No one was injured in both incidents.
No one was injured in both incidents.
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Electoral contests in the Philippines have always been bloody, with dozens, including candidates and their supporters, getting killed in the fierce competition for posts that are a source of wealth in a nation with deep poverty.
Electoral contests in the Philippines have always been bloody, with dozens, including candidates and their supporters, getting killed in the fierce competition for posts that are a source of wealth in a nation with deep poverty.
Police are on full alert to safeguard Monday's balloting as the bloody trend continued this year, with 14 dead and 14 wounded in "election-related violent incidents" since January.
Police are on full alert to safeguard Monday's balloting as the bloody trend continued this year, with 14 dead and 14 wounded in "election-related violent incidents" since January.
With report from Lore Mae Andong, ABS-CBN News; Agence France-Presse
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