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                    [Title] => Terrorism ruled out in Baclaran explosion
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Police investigators have ruled out terrorism as a motive in the grenade incident in Baclaran, Parañaque the other day, and are now eyeing the involvement of a robbery group known as the "Martilyo Gang."

not_entParañaque police chief Superintendent Roberto Rongavilla said yesterday six suspects have been detained in connection with the blast that left eight people dead and 30 others wounded.

"Definitely the blast was not a terrorist attack but the handiwork of robbers tryi [DatePublished] => 2000-04-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 87637 [Title] => 8 dead in Baclaran blast [Summary] =>

Eight people were killed and over 30 others were wounded in a grenade blast set off by unidentified men on a busy intersection in Baclaran, Parañaque yesterday afternoon.

Police investigators said the bombers could have used the grenade explosion as a smoke screen for robbing two jewelry shops inside the Megatime Emporium at about 4:30 p.m.

The explosion occurred as thousands of people were attending Palm Sunday Mass at the nearby Redemptorist Church. [DatePublished] => 2000-04-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805318 [AuthorName] => Jaime Laude [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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