(UPDATE) Five people dead in Nueva Ecija blast
Four children and a 20-year-old man died after an ammunition for a grenade launcher accidentally exploded in Quezon, Nueva Ecija, Saturday ABS-CBN News reported Sunday.
The fatalities were identified as Judy Ann Victorio, 11; her brother John Louise, 5; Mean Herdiniano, 9; Judy Mae Dotimas, 5; and Philip Penuliar, 20. All the victims were brought to the Sto. Domingo General Hospital.
Earlier, Senior Superintendent Napoleon Taas, provincial police chief, said the victims were playing with a "yellowish" object before the blast took place.
After investigation, police found out that object turned out to be an ammunition of a M-203 grenade launcher.
Reports said one of the victims picked up the explosive device near a river in Sta. Clara village and showed it to the other children.
The victims were planning to sell it to a junkshop, mistaking the explosive device for gold.
Penuliar saw the children with the object and snatched it from them. It exploded after he banged the device on his bicycle.Police are still scouring the area where the children found the grenade in search of other ammunition that may have been left behind.
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