Boy hurt in Cotabato grenade blast

A 12-year-old boy was injured in a predawn grenade blast in Cotabato on Saturday.

Citing initial police information, GMA News stringer Garry Fuerzas identified the victim as Datu Esmael Guialel, a resident of Barangay Poblacion in Pikit town. 

An initial police investigation showed that at about 1:40 a.m., unidentified men lobbed a hand grenade into a store owned by the boy's family.

Pikit police said that the boy was sleeping when the suspects attacked the store.

The boy was rushed to the Cruzado Medical Hospital, and that he is now in stable condition, the report said. 

Authorities are investigating the identities of the suspects and the motive for the crime. —Jamil Joseph Santos/LBG, GMA News