Grenade lobbed at a soon-to-open fastfood branch in Lamitan City, Basilan
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/3 March)–A laborer was hurt after a grenade was lobbed past 7 o’clock Tuesday evening at a branch of a fastfood chain set to op…
Grenade lobbed at a soon-to-open fastfood branch in Lamitan City, Basilan
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/3 March)–A laborer was hurt after a grenade was lobbed past 7 o’clock Tuesday evening at a branch of a fastfood chain set to open in a few days in Barangay Malakas, Lamitan City, Basilan. Authorities identified the victim as Rebel Antalas Masulog sustained a shrapnel wound and damaged a glass window and part of a concrete wall of the establishment. Lamitan City Mayor Roderick Furigay said CCTV footage from the establishment show an unidentified man wearing a hooded jacket and on board a motorcycle throwing the suspected grenade which exploded near the fastfood outlet’s take-out counter. Canva Furigay said the attack was likely not perpetrated by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and said that there are no more Abu Sayyaf Group members in Lamitan City which was declared as ASG-free by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in June 2025. “Mga ano ya lang este, siguro quiere lagng gayod destorba con el lugar ( These are just some people who probably only want to d...
