One killed, 3 hurt in P’sinan grenade blast

By Jennelyn Mondejar

BINMALEY, Pangasinan – A hand grenade exploded in a bakery in Barangay Malindong this town night of Oct. 18 resulting to the death of one person and injury to three others.

Chief Insp. Jimmy Agtarap, police chief here, said the casualty was identified as Celso Cruz, 25, furniture maker and resident of said barangay.

Injured were Mary Jane Garachero and her seven-year-old son Jason who were already discharged from the hospital.

Still being confined at a hospital is Marvin Siscar, 24, also of said place.

Police investigation showed Cruz, then drunk, brought with him at the Bestfriend Bakery the grenade which accidentally exploded while he fell asleep on a pile of empty soft drinks cases. The explosion caused injuries to those who were at the site.