2 dead, 15 hurt in bus explosion along EDSA
abs-cbnNEWS.com
Posted at 01/25/2011 2:39 PM | Updated as of 01/25/2011 3:02 PM
MANILA, Philippines (3rd UPDATE) – An explosion hit a passenger bus along Epifanio delos Santos Avenue in Makati City on Tuesday afternoon, leaving 2 persons dead and 15 others injured.
A radio dzMM report said the passenger bus -- a Newman Goldliner unit with plate number TXJ 170 -- was at the northbound loading bay of EDSA corner Buendia when the explosion happened at around 2 p.m..
Director Nicanor Bartolome, National Capital Region Police Office, said the injured victims were rushed to 2 hospitals.
Bartolome said they have yet to determine the cause of the blast. -- Reports from Dexter Ganibe, radio dzMM and Jorge Cariño, ABS-CBN News