RP grenade blast injures over 30

RP grenade blast injures over 30

MANILA (AP): A grenade explosion caused a stampede and injured more than 30 people in a crowded public market in Manila on Wednesday night, police said.

Police said the blast in the Divisoria market followed a quarrel among several men, including vendors.

The injured, which included a number of shoppers, were hit by shrapnel or hurt during the stampede, police said.

The blast occurred amid heightening concern over a series of recent grenade explosions, believed to be by Muslim separatists, which have killed scores of people on the southern island of Mindanao.