12 wounded in Cotabato City explosion

TWELVE persons, including soldiers, were wounded in a grenade explosion near a church in Cotabato City late Sunday, according to the military.

Maj. Arvin Encinas, spokesman for the military’s Western Mindanao Command (WestMinCom), said the blast happened along Sinsuat Avenue in Cotabato City, 50 meters away from the Notre Dame Cathedral, at about 6 p.m.