Asia-Pacific

Parcel bomb blast kills woman in Manila

(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-12-29 16:26

MANILA, Philippines - Police say a gift-wrapped grenade exploded and killed a woman when she opened the package inside her house in an upscale neighborhood of Manila.

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The metropolitan Manila police chief, Nicanor Bartolome, says police are trying to establish a motive for the blast in Manila's Taguig city and are interviewing other members of the 31-year-old woman's family.

Unwrapping the package apparently removed the pin from the grenade, triggering the blast. Bartolome says the woman died instantly.