By providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy.
MANILA, Philippines — A homemade bomb detonated near the entrance of the Department of Justice early on Monday, officials said, hours before a suspected unexploded device was found near the Senate.
The explosion just after midnight, which resulted in no casualties, and the discovery of the second suspected bomb came hours before President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was due to give an annual State of the Nation (Sona) address.
Philippine National Police chief Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. told reporters on Monday there was a “big possibility or probability that the two (incidents) are related”.
READ: PNP probes ‘connected’ improvised explosive devices outside DOJ, Senate
