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.