Police forensic investigators and members of the bomb squad get instructions from their commanders on Monday, November 28, 2011 – a day after a powerful bomb explosion ripped through this budget hotel – Atilano Pension House – in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines that left 3 people dead and 28 others injured. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)
The blast late Sunday tore a huge hole at second floor of the two-storey Atilano Pension House in downtown Zamboanga. The powerful explosion also and damaged surrounding buildings and set off a fire at the pension house.
Two persons were instantly killed in the blast and investigators on Monday pulled a body of man under concrete slabs raising the death toll to three.
Police said they have traced evidence of TNT from one of the rooms of the pension house, but no group or individual has claimed responsibility for the attack. “We have found traces of TNT which was probably used in the attack,” said one member of the local police bomb squad.
Most of the wounded were wedding guests Zamboanga del Sur province billeted at the hotel. (Mindanao Examiner)
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