Light, easy to use, and explosively lethal, the hand grenade, so named after a French fruit that resembles its features when it was introduced in 1915, is an incendiary weapon that has found space …
Light, easy to use, and explosively lethal, the hand grenade, so named after a French fruit that resembles its features when it was introduced in 1915, is an incendiary weapon that has found space in Davao’s turbulent past, violently reaping lives, sowing terror, and maiming limbs.
Amid terror, the government, almost without fail, kept declaring it had placed the situation under control. In a heavily layered police-military hierarchy, with generals wanting to get the much-needed attention from the public, assessments were the norm of the day. On December 26, 1993, the cathedral was again bombed while an evening Mass was observed. Seven were killed, over 100 were injured, and 50 were in critical condition. Eight hours later, supposed Christian militants retaliated by lobbing two grenades at a mosque. No one was hurt.
On July 13-14, 2011, two separate grenade incidents were recorded at barangay Pandaitan, Davao City. Less than two years later, on September 2, 2012, 37 people were hurt after a grenade exploded inside a covered court at Barangay Fatima, Davao City, during a circus exhibition. The bomb was intended for the nearby military detachment but it bounced towards the gymnasium after hitting a protective net near the servicemen’s quarters.
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