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VOL. 6 ISSUE 134 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2013
Serving a seamless society
Kana ba, way exempted! NOT SPARED. Even this young boy’s backpack goes through meticulous checking by security personnel of Gaisano Mall of Davao yesterday as one of its cinemas was bombed on Monday night. The mall stepped up its security setup after Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte warned Davao City mall operators of possible closure if they will not improve their security setups. Lean Daval Jr.
‘PERSONS WITH INTEREST’ Police closing in on possible blast suspects based on CCTV By EMILORD P. CASTROMAYOR
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AVAO City police identified “persons with interest” allegedly responsible for the twin bombings on Monday night in cinemas of two shopping
malls. Davao city police director Ronald dela Rosa said in an interview that he could not as yet disclose the identities of persons whose images were caught on closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras submitted by SM City Davao and Gaisano Mall. Edge Davao spotted members of the Special Investigation Task FPERSONS,10
TOO MANY PRANKS IN A DAY
September 18 9:00 am - A white Toyota corolla car feared to be a carbomb was left unattended in Mercury Drug store Matina Crossing, it was cleared after k9 unit from central 911 checked it. A few minutes later, the owner came and claimed the car. 2:35 pm – Text message circulated from unknown sources that NCCC mall was bombed. 3:38 pm – Another text message circulated from unknown sources that Matina Center Point was bombed leaving 5 people dead.
FROM CARBOMB TO MALL BLASTS:
Pranks alarm police, 911 By EJ DOMINIC FERNANDEZ
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ROM fears of a carbomb to two text messages reporting of bombings in a mall and a shopping complex, the city police and safety command offices were flooded with inquiries after at least three alarming reports circulated around the city yesterday which all turned out to be hoax. “Daming pranksters (there are a lot of pranksters).” Davao City Public Safety Command Center (PSCC) chief Francisco Villaroman said, when asked about text messages that spread yesterday saying that there were bomb explosions at NCCC mall and Matina crossing. Both turned out to be false alarms as confirmed
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SNIFFED. Diablo, the Marco Polo Davao’s in-house canine, sniffs the luggage of hotel guests yesterday. Establishments in Davao City improved their security system after a twin blasts rocked the city Monday night. Lean Daval Jr.
INSIDE:
2 Offensive in Zambo enters ‘clearing operations’ stage 3 Nonito, dad finally 15 smoke peace pipe Cinema “bombs” not meant to kill