2 killed, 5 hurt in Baguio blast

MANILA, Philippines – Two persons were killed while five others were hurt after a grenade exploded near a hotel in Baguio City early this morning.

Reports identified the fatalities as Deo del Mundo and Billy Joe Mendoza, who died while being treated at a hospital.

Meanwhile, Rey Anthony Carino and Paul Andrada were seriously injured. The three others were released from the hospital for minor injuries, reports added.

An initial investigation said the seven were walking along Leonard Wood Road on their way home around 3:20a.m., when an unidentified man on a pickup truck lobbed a grenade at them.

Police are still looking into the case. - (Philstar News Service, www.philstar.com)

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