37 Hurt in 2 Blasts at Manila Mall
Two simultaneous explosions injured at least 37 people and damaged stores in a metropolitan Manila mall Sunday, officials and witnesses said.
Five of the injured were children who were trampled by screaming shoppers as they raced out of the mall, witnesses said.
The blasts hit the ground floor and an upper floor of the Ever Gotesco Grand Central mall in suburban Caloocan City. Police said thieves threw a grenade to divert the attention of guards while other gang members were robbing a shop.
After grabbing jewelry from shelves, the thieves exploded a second grenade to cover their escape, police said.
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