Grenade attack, earthquakes strike Abra
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BAGUIO CITY — Fresh from the Abrenian Kawayan Festival, residents of Bangued, Abra, were rattled by a grenade attack and a series of mild earthquakes occurring just hours apart on Monday, March 10.
At 12:30 a.m., an unidentified individual threw a fragmentation grenade in front of the Philippine National Bank on Magallanes Street, Barangay Zone 5, Bangued.
Although the grenade did not detonate, the bank’s glass door panel was shattered, reportedly due to stones thrown at the building.
The incident was reported to police at 1:30 a.m. and responding officers recovered an unexploded grenade and a stone.
Authorities are investigating to identify the perpetrators and determine their motives.
More than an hour later, at 1:50 a.m., a magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck San Quintin, Abra.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the earthquake’s tectonic epicenter was located 6 kilometers northwest of the town, with a shallow depth of 0.1 km.
A second tremor occurred at 9:20 a.m., registering a magnitude of 2.1. This quake struck Langiden, Abra, with an epicenter at 9 km northwest of the town, at a depth of 6 km. INQ
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