Today’s another very tragic day for the Philippines due to the Glorietta 2 bombing incident.
At about 1:30PM this afternoon, an explosive blast ripped through the ground floor of Glorietta 2, one of the country’s busiest and most heavily populated shopping malls, located at the heart of the Makati City central business and shopping district.
The Makati bombing claimed the lives of at least 9 people and injured hundreds more when its shock waves caused a violent chain reaction of collapsing building structures (ceilings, floors, walls and roof), menacing shards of projectile-like glass and metal shrapnels, falling debris and paranoia-induced human stampede.
The blast was initially thought of as an LPG tank that exploded inside Luk Yuen, one of the restaurants located at ground zero. Investigators soon ruled out the exploding LPG tank theory and found evidence that the cause was far more sinister than initially expected, it was a terrorist bomb attack using C-4 plastic explosives.
Most of the victims were rushed to different hospitals in the Makati area, such as the Makati Medical Center and the Ospital ng Makati.
For now, please pray for the eternal repose of those who died and for the quick recovery of the injured victims. May justice be served swiftly.
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Related News:
GMA News: C4 bomb component used in Glorietta blast – PNP chemist
Inquirer.net: 9 killed in Makati blast (Explosion in Glorietta mall injures 119 others)