The Philippine police confirmed today that militarygrade explosives caused a powerful blast in an upscale Manila shopping mall and it was reviewing security camera footage to look for suspects.
The Glorietta mall blast at lunchtime yesterday killed nine people and wounded 120, although many of those wounded has been discharged after treatment, the police and the hospital sources said.
The explosive experts said the bomb was apparently was set off in the basement of Glorietta, a sprawling three-storey complex of departmental stores, high-end fashion boutiques, restaurants, other shops and cinemas in the heart of the Makati business district.
The bomb ripped all the way through to the roof of the structure, devastating shops and restaurants. The police have earlier believed the bomb was near a cell phone repair shop directly above the delivery bay.
Eight people were confirmed dead yesterday and a body of man was found early today in the debris, a police official said. Four people had been reported missing.
Manila police chief Geary Barias said the police had also started reviewing closed-circuit TV (CCTV) footage of the mall.
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