BASILAN – A grenade attack late Monday has damaged a house in the restive province of Basilan in southern Philippines, but police said no one was killed or injured in the blast.
Police said the grenade exploded in the house of the 60-year widow Nasra Dansalan in the village of Aguada in Isabela City. Dansalan was watching television with her relatives when the explosion occurred, according to Chief Inspector Helen Galvez, a regional police spokeswoman.
“The occupant of the house together with her relatives was watching TV when they heard a loud explosion at their balcony. After verification, it turn out the ceiling of the house was damaged from the explosion,” she said.
Policemen, who responded to the blast, have recovered the safety lever of an MK2 fragmentation grenade. The motive of the attack is still unknown and no individual or group claimed responsibility for the explosion. (Mindanao Examiner)
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