Tag: 2 dead

Quiapo blast probe focuses on Shiite imam

(AFP) — The police believe a Shiite Muslim cleric was the likely target of explosions that killed two people in Manila, an official said Sunday, rejecting Islamic State claims of involvement. Six others were injured when two explosions rocked the office of the imam, Nasser Abinal, in Manila’s busy Quiapo district on Saturday. Oscar Albayalde, head of police forces in the National Capital Region, said the bomb was apparently intended for Abinal, who is also […]

Missing chopper with 2 dead pilots found

(Eagle News)– A missing helicopter with the remains of its two pilots were found at Doña Remedios Trinidad, Norzagaray, Bulacan. The private helicopter, with body number RPC2688, crashed last August 22 after taking off from Metropolitan Water Works and Sewerage System compound in Norzagaray. The troops of the Alpha Company of the 48th Infantry Battalion found the remains of retired Col. Miguel Logronio and Jay Gregorio in Sitio Macua, Barangay Kabayunan in Doña Remedios Trinidad […]