1 dead, 1 injured in N. Philippines grenade blast: report

A man was killed and another was injured when a grenade exploded in a compound of a bus company in northern Philippine province of Laguna Thursday evening, local newspaper Philippine Daily Inquirer reported Friday on its website.

The victim, Dennis Calvelo, died at the scene while Dimetrio Bigueraz was injured and remained unconscious in a hospital, Laguna police director Senior Superintendent Manolito Labador was quoted as saying.

The victims, who were mechanics of a local bus company in Binan City, were drinking with the suspect identified as Emmanuel Maranan at around 8:30 p.m., when an argument broke out, prompting Maranan to detonate a grenade, Labador said.

Maranan attempted to leave his co-workers behind after the blast but the city police were able to arrest him, the report said.

Source: Xinhua