22 injured in New Year party attack


Twenty-two people were injured after two suspects on motorcycles lobbed a grenade at a roadside New Year’s party venue in Barangay Dalapitan in Matalam, Cotabato.

The Matalam police said the two men on a motorbike passed by the roadside party and hurled the explosive, believed to be a hand grenade based on shrapnel recovered from the site.

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