4 killed in accidental dynamite blast in Philippines

  • 12/15/2022
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ZAMBOANGA, Philippines, July 21, SPA -- Dynamite used for illegal fishing exploded in a house on restive Jolo island in the southern Philippines on Saturday, killing at least four people and wounding two others, officials said. The blast ripped through a house that was allegedly being used to store the explosives, killing four people inside and wounding two others, said Army Brig. Gen. Ruperto Pabustan, commander of an anti-terrorist task force on Jolo. «Initial reports said the blast inside the house wasapparently accidental after dynamite suddenly exploded,»he added.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/469196

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