Manila, December 31, 2018, SPA -- A bomb explosion ripped through stalls selling fruits and trinkets outside a mall in the southern Philippines on Monday, killing two people and injuring 24, police and the military said, according to dpa. The improvised explosive device was placed in a box left near the stalls that were also selling firecrackers and toys outside the South Seas Mall in Cotabato City, 895 kilometres south of Manila. A second, undetonated bomb was found along the same street, near where the explosion occurred, said Major General Cirilito Sobejana. "The second bomb was left, probably in a hurry," he said. "We are still checking if the bomb that exploded was detonated by a cellular phone or another triggering machine was used." A man and a woman were declared dead on arrival at two hospitals in Cotabato City, a police report said, citing information from the four hospitals in total where the victims were rushed. --SPA 13:49 LOCAL TIME 10:49 GMT 0009 www.spa.gov.sa/w813395