DAVAO CITY – A pregnant woman seriously injured in a bomb attack in Davao City has died in hospital, local government officials announced on Tuesday.
Officials said Vicenta Asperin, who was seven months pregnant, died from severe brain damage and heart failure on Monday at Metro Davao Medical and Research Center. Her first baby also died.
Asperin was among dozens of civilian casualties from the September 2 terrorist bombing that targeted a crowded night market along Roxas Avenue. Officials, quoting a medical report, said shrapnel from the blast was embedded in the woman’s brains.
She fell into coma shortly after being rushed to the hospital, Asperin’s brother, Gregorio Depalubos, said.
“Before she was brought to the hospital, she even asked what has happened to her. And she fell into a coma afterwards,” he said. “We want justice. I hope the people responsible for the bombing are arrested and that they are made to pay for what they have done. My sister didn’t do them wrong. She was innocent and she was pregnant. It is too much, they have to pay.”
Authorities said a total of 15 people were killed in the bombing that also wounded over 70 others. Mayor Sarah Carpio offered a P3 million reward for any information on the bomber. (Mindanao Examiner)
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